Kensuke's Kingdom

What does the word sparsely mean in the sentence below?

 The desert is sparsely populated because it is hard to live in its hot, dry climate.

• quickly
• thinly
• usually
• easily

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TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.5.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

What does the word rigid mean in the sentence below?

 The cartilage that shapes a person’s ear is not as rigid 
as bone.

• stiff
• white
• thin
• smooth

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TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.5.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

What does the word venture mean in the sentence below?

 The hikers had to turn on their flashlights and venture into the cave.

• look inside
• study from afar
• enter in spite of risk
• carefully avoid

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TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.5.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

What does the word permeated mean in the sentence below?

  The smell of bread baking permeated the entire house.

• pierced
• disappeared from
• spread throughout
•  invaded

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TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.5.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

What does the word defy mean in the sentence below?

 The magician claimed he could defy gravity by making a person float.

• create or produce
• show or expose
• control or command
• resist or go against

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TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.5.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

The stormy sea lashed furiously against the shoreline. 
Does the phrase lashed furiously have a positive or negative connotation? 

• Positive 
• Negative 

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TEKS.ELA.6.9F

TEKS.ELA.7.9F

TEKS.ELA.8.9F

TEKS.ELA.E3.8F

TEKS.ELA.LG.2H

My family set out on an exciting expedition to explore a new island. 
Does the phrase exciting expedition have a positive or negative connotation? 

• Positive 
• Negative

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TEKS.ELA.6.9F

TEKS.ELA.7.9F

TEKS.ELA.8.9F

TEKS.ELA.E2.8F

TEKS.ELA.E3.8F

What does idle mean?

• Doing something there not suppost to do.
• Not doing anything
• Stirring

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TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.5.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

How did Michael end up on the island?

• He flew there

• He drove there

• He washed up there

• He fell of the Peggy Sue

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TEKS.ELA.4.7D

TEKS.ELA.5.7D

TEKS.ELA.6.6D

TEKS.ELA.7.6D

TEKS.ELA.8.6D

What kind of sentence is made up of two simple sentences, a comma, and a coordinating conjunction?

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

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TEKS.ELA.4.2A.II

TEKS.ELA.4.2A.III

TEKS.ELA.4.2A.IV

TEKS.ELA.4.2A.V

TEKS.ELA.4.2A.VI