"The Tail" Story Vocabulary

Which vocabulary word means:

promise or pledge?

• anxious

• routine

• vow

• gnawing

Which vocabulary word means: eager?

• vow

• spasm

• mauled

• anxious

Which vocabulary word means: biting and cutting with teeth?

• gnawing

• vow

• spasm

• routine

Which vocabulary word means: injured by being attacked?

• mauled

• vow

• spasm

• routine

Which vocabulary word means: usual way in which something is done.

• gnawing

• spasm

• routine

• anxious

Which vocabulary word means: sudden short burst of energy or activity?

• spasm

• mauled

• anxious

• routine

Fill in the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.

I will keep my _____________ no matter what happens.

• gnawing

• routine

• vow

• mauled

Fill in the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.

His coughing _____________ seemed to last forever.

• spasm

• vow

• routine

• mauled

Fill in the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.

My morning _________________ involves brushing my teeth.

• anxious

• gnawing

• spasm

• routine

Fill in the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.

The dog was _______________ his bone.

• gnawing

• mauled

• anxious

• vow