Wordly Wise Lesson 11b

Directions: Replace each underlined phrase with a single word from the list.

Cecilia enjoys the karate class because it is very active exercise.

• graduate

• stress

• vacant

• vigorous

When the bridge was designed, the builders did not know it would have so much strain or pressure put upon it from big trucks.

• stress

• prank

• risk

• vacant

All the people who have finished the course of study gathered for a group photograph.

• frustrate

• vacant

• diagram

• graduates

Look in the box for the drawing showing how the different parts fit in place.

• primary

• stress

• diagram

• urge

When the school bus was stopped in traffic for half an hour, it was upsetting and discouraging for both the driver and the students.

• stress

• risk

• frustrating

• graduating

Which of the following can be vacant?

• a crowded room

• a hotel room

• a continent

• an individual

Which of the following might be called a prank?

• eating lunch

• buying a puppy

• cheating on a test

• pretending to be someone on the phone

Who will you find in the primary grades in school?

• first through third graders

• seventh through ninth graders

• fourth through sixth graders

• tenth through twelfth graders

Which of the following can be risky?

• walking near a very busy road

• taking a nap

• memorizing a poem

• finding a quarter

Which of the following would you most likely urge someone to do?

• get in trouble

• be a bully

• see a movie

• break a vase