Lesson 1.2 - Building Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below. What does the underlined word most likely mean? Use word parts AND context clues to help you.

The student's behavior was so bad that he got expelled from school.

• forced out of school

• rewarded with a prize

• ignored by the teacher

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below. What does the underlined word most likely mean? Use word parts AND context clues to help you.

The impulsive boy had a hard time waiting his turn and not shouting out during class.

• forced into action quickly, often without thinking of the consequences

• careful and patient regardless of what others do

• quite and shy

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below. What does the underlined word most likely mean? Use word parts AND context clues to help you.

The boat was propelled through the water by the motor and blades.

• forced into action quickly, often without thinking of the consequences

• pushed or driven forward

• removed or taken out

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below. What does the underlined word most likely mean? Use word parts AND context clues to help you.

In order to repel termites the exterminator sprayed a special chemical around the foundation of the house.

• pulled together

• pushed or driven forward

• force back or away

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below. What does the word "repulsive" most likely mean? Use word parts AND context clues to help you.

The smell of the garbage bag was so repulsive that John had to plug his nose while he carried it to the can.

• so disgusting that makes a person want to get away

• so delicious that it make a person want to move closer

• So fresh and clean that it makes a person want to drive away

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below. What does the underlined word most likely mean? Use word parts AND context clues to help you.

The teacher's encouraging words helped to dispel the student's worries about the test.

• push away or apart; get rid of

• pushed or driven forward

• force to do something

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below. Use word parts AND context clues to choose the best definition for the underlined word.

School attendance is compulsory for students, they are required to attend.

• mandatory, a rule people are forced to follow

• optional, something you can choose not to do

• confusing, something that doesn't make sense

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below. What does the word "propel" most likely mean? Use word parts AND context clues to help you.

As the airplane prepared to take off, the propeller began to spin.

• the fan like mechanism on a plane that helps it drive forward through the air

• the wheels of a plane that make it roll

• the wings of a plane that help it balance in the air

Drag and Drop

Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words:

The strong wind ​

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the sailboat forward, but the rough waves made it hard to ​

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the crew’s fears.

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compulsory

expelled

propelled

dispel

Drag and Drop

Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words:

The school decided to ​

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the student whose ​

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actions kept getting him into trouble.

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repel

dispel

expel

impulsive

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Her sudden ​

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to shout out the answer was hard to control, even though following the rules was ​

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.

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repulsive

propelled

impulse

compulsory

Drag and Drop

Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words:

The stench of the spoiled milk was so ​

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that it ​

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any hopes that Jimmy had of cereal for breakfast.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

repulsive

dispelled

impulsive

compulsory