Wordily Wise 3b

Directions: Replace each underlined phrase with a single word (or form of the word) from the word list.

One of our favorite vacation spots is the land beside the sea.

• frail

• coast

• auction

• current

Your pet will be very hungry if you fail to give it food.

• starve

• ambition

• novel

• intelligent

The hospital relied on people who do a job without pay to cheer up patients.

• frail

• novel

• coast

• volunteer

Her strong wish to be good at something made her spend hours at practice.

• ambition

• novel

• resident

• volunteer

This gadget measures the flow of electricity in volts.

• ambition

• auction

• coast

• current

Directions: Choose the word that answers the question.

Which of the following can help you become more intelligent?

• eating

• reading

• sleeping

• forgetting

Which of the following can coast?

• a flagpole

• a sandwich

• a bicycle

• a horse

Which of the following might be a person's ambition?

• to pack a lunch

• to water the plants

• to take a nap

• to climb mountains

Which of the following could cause animals to starve?

• not enough food

• too much heat

• not enough water

• too much exercise

When are you most likely to be frail?

• when you are exercising

• when you are eating

• when you are reading

• when you are sick