Lighting Lives Vocabulary

Lighting Lives Vocabulary

by Dolores Salazar

​across

​We walked across the street.

Multiple Choice

If people go across something, they

• go from one side of it to another

• go under it

• walk beside it

• swim to it

​borrow

​I like to borrow books from the library in my town.

Multiple Choice

If you borrow something,

• you own it

• you take it and agree to return it later

• give it away to a friend

• throw it in the trash

​country

​The quiet countryside is full of grass and trees.

Multiple Choice

Countryside means

• the big city

• your neighborhood

• land that is away from cities or large towns

• high on top of a mountain

​idea

​Ling had an idea for how to make a paper crane.

Multiple Choice

If you have an idea

• you do not know how to do it

• you forgot something

• you 

• you have a plan about how to do it

​insists

​Mom insists we wear our seatbelts.

Multiple Choice

If someone insists 

• they say firmly that it must be done

• they do not care if you do it or not

• they say you don't have

• they let you do anything you want

​lonely

​Dan was lonely when his friend moved away.

Multiple Choice

If you are lonely

• you are excited

• you are unhappy because you are alone

• you are scared

• you are hungry and want to eat

​solution

​Dylan found a solution for his problem.

Multiple Choice

If you have found an answer to your problem, you have found a

• que

• solution

• mistake

• unknown

​villages

​Few people live in small villages on the mountain.

Multiple Choice

Villages are

• small groups of houses in the country

• large homes in the d

• cabins in the woods

• groups of large building