The Earth Dragon Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word ^crushing mean in the sentence below?
The machine is crushing the huge rocks. 

• moving into piles
• breaking into pieces
• digging up from soil
• making a loud sound 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does the word ^wreckage mean in the sentence below?
The workers dug through the wreckage of the old train. 

• passengers 
• ruins
• sections
• travels 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does the word ^possessions mean in the sentence below? 
Billy put his most valuable possessions in a safe. 

• jewelry
• belongings 
• money
• writings 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the word ^constructed mean in the sentence below?
The workers constructed a new bridge across the lake. 

• swam
• drove
• built
• walked

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6

What does the word ^trembles mean in the sentence below? 
The dog gets scared and trembles whenever she hears thunder. 

• barks
• runs
• shakes
• whines

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

A broad, flat piece of something is a ^slab?

• False
• True

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

If an apartment building is low- quality it is not a ^tenement. 

• True
• False 

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Broken or crumbled material from a destroyed building is ^rubble. 

• False 
• True

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

After a quake, the ________ from a badly damaged road can be dangerous. 

• tenement 
• debris 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

^Timbers are large pieces of wood used for building. 

• True 
• False 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1