Essential English Words 3 Unit 6

Essential English Words 3 Unit 6

by Waine Evans

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

The ________ lived in one of the poorest ____________ in the country.

• senators

• senator

• districts

• district

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

When he _______ his fist on the top of his ________. it made a funny sound.

• tapped

• taps

• head

• heads

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

If you want to find a _________ try looking, ________ rocks or pieces of wood.

• worms

• underneath

• worm

• underneathed

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

She _________ her children by watching a humorous _______ with them after school.

• consoling

• consoled

• broadcasts

• broadcast

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

She felt ________ sorrow after her husband was _________ for his crime.

• executed

• tremendous

• execute

• tremendouses

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

He decided to listen to the news ________ because he could no longer _________ the boredom of being home alone.

• bulletin

• endure

• bulletins

• enduring

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

The soup was very thick. He had to ________ the spoon with both hands in order to _______ it.

• grasps

• stirs

• grasp

• stir

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

The television news __________ us of the storm. We put the car in the ________ of the house where it would be protected.

• rearing

• alerted

• alerts

• rear

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

She looked at all the tools in the ______ but could not find anything to use to _______ the meat.

• chopping

• drawer

• drawered

• chop

Multiple Select

Choose the word that is a better fit for each blank.

Many toys had been piled beneath the carpet in the ________. The ______ I got from hitting my head on the door was painful.

• closet

• closets

• bump

• bumps

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

The mother comforted her crying child.

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

Every Sunday, the family watched a television show about animals.

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

I couldn’t find my coat in the small room.

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

John left his paper lower than his school books.

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

The person who makes laws sat behind a large desk.

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

In order to get over the wall, the cat had to make a very large jump.

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

Harold slowed the car down as he drove over the small raised part.

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

There is very little rain in my part of the state.

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

Because he committed such a horrible crime, he was killed by the legal system.

Fill in the Blank

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

The cook cut into pieces the vegetables for his soup.

Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that best fits the question.

Which of the following best describes a news program?

• Grasp

• Bulletin

• Tap

• Alert

Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that best fits the question.

Which one do you put things into?

• A drawer

• A bump

• A district

• A worm

Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that best fits the question.

Which of the following describes something in the back?

• Endure

• Skull

• Rear

• Tremendous

Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that best fits the question.

Which of the following does an alarm do for people?

• Alert them

• Console them

• Execute them

• Tap them

Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that best fits the question.

Which of the following means to go through something difficult?

• Chop

• Broadcast

• Stir

• Endure

​The Senator and the Worm

​A rich senator lived in a big house. He had more money than anyone in his district. One day, he was sitting on a chair listening to a radio broadcast. As he listened to the news bulletin, a worm crawled from underneath the chair and onto his head. His cook was in the kitchen stirring some spaghetti sauce. Suddenly, a cry from the senator alerted him. He ran to the rear of the house where the senator was sitting. The cook looked and saw the worm. He tried to console the senator. “ I’ll take it off right away,” he said. “ No!” shouted the senator. “ I want you to kill it.” “ But it’s only a worm,” the cook said. “ Why should we execute it? It hasn’t committed a crime.”

​The senator could not endure the worm on his head. “ Hurry!” he shouted. The cook looked through several drawers, but found nothing. Then he ran to the closet and took out a pipe. He returned to the senator and lifted the pipe over his head. He knew he couldn’t just tap the worm. He was going to hit it hard. He grasped the pipe tightly. “ What are you waiting for?” said the senator. “ Kill it!” The cook swung the pipe at the senator’s head. “ Oh, no,” the worm said. “ He’s going to chop me in half.” It jumped off the senator’s head. There was a tremendous noise. “ Owww!” cried the senator. A bump rose upon his skull. Meanwhile, the worm crawled outside. “ That was close,” said the worm. “ Instead of being nice, he wanted to hurt me. Now, that man has a big bump on his head.”

Multiple Choice

Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Explain the false statements to make them true.

The senator had a lot of money.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Explain the false statements to make them true.

The senator was listening to a radio broadcast.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Explain the false statements to make them true.

The senator wanted the cook to kill the worm.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Explain the false statements to make them true.

The cook found a pipe in one of the drawers.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Explain the false statements to make them true.

The cook knew he was going to tap the worm.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Explain the false statements to make them true.

The worm was chopped in half on the senator’s head.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Answer the questions.

What was the senator doing when the worm crawled onto his head?

• Listening to the radio

• Watching a broadcast

• Looking in the closet

• Consoling the cook

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did the cook NOT do?

• Stir some spaghetti sauce

• Look through several drawers

• Hit the senator’s skull

• Execute the worm

Multiple Choice

Why did the senator tell the cook to hurry?

• He was hiding in the rear of the house.

• He knew he had to alert the cook.

• He couldn’t endure the worm on his head.

• He had heard a tremendous noise.

Multiple Choice

After the cook hit the senator, where did the worm go?

• Into the kitchen

• Underneath the chair

• Outside the house

• Onto the cook’s head