The Gymnast Vocabulary Review and Word Analysis

Lakesha loves the LIMELIGHT.

• public attention
• glistening skyline
• award ceremony
• green sparkles

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

After a brief HESITATION, she jumped into the pool.

• argument
• pause
• glance
• incident

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

My brother loves to SOMERSAULT.

• complain
• stand on his head
• mutter
• perform a rolling movement

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

She completed three CARTWHEELS.

• travel journals
• belly flops
• bicycle trips
• sideways handsprings

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

His head was THROBBING.

• dripping
• holding
• pounding
• twitching

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

He was WINCING after he fell off his bike.  

• making a pained expression
• sobbing
• bluish
• lying face-down on the ground

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The tires SKIDDED on the wet road.

• gripped well
• slid without rolling 
• stopped moving
• lost air

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Joe found himself between a rock and a hard place.  

• working with dirty hands
• having to choose between difficult choices
• late to an important event
• not having enough wisdom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The food for the party cost her an arm and a leg.

• very little money
• a great deal of money
• twice as much money
• no money

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I was napping with my dog when he jumped up and started barking out of the blue.

• quickly and quietly
• slowly and carefully
• steadily and loudly
• suddenly and unexpectedly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D