Multiple Meaning Words

Multiple Meaning Words

How do we know which word belongs?

Some words have more than one meaning

Can you think of an example?

Multiple Choice

Which definition of plate matches the way it is used in the book?

• A flat and usually round dish that is used for eating food

• A thin, flat piece of metal

• A section of the Earth's surface that move and causes earth quakes

Multiple Choice

Which definition of fault matches the way it is used on page 209?

• a bad quality of part of someone's character

• responsibility for a problem, mistake, bad situation, etc.

• break in the earth's crust

• a mistake that results in a bad serve in tennis

Read the excerpt above from "Quaking Earth, Racing Waves."

Multiple Choice

Which definition of power matches the way it is used in the excerpt?

• The ability or right to control people or things

• physical force or strength

• the right to do something

• energy that can be collected and used to operate machines