Lesson 3 Vocabulary

Which of the following is an ancestor?

• brother

• mother

• cousin

• great-grandfather

Which of the following animals are NOT carnivorous?

• Deer

• Lion

• Wolf

• Tiger

Obscure means...

• To cover up or keep from being seen

• No longer existing or living

• To understand

• To save; to keep from harm, to protect

Which is an ANTONYM for gigantic?

• Weak

• Strong

• Tiny

• Huge

To comprehend a poem is to

• Write it

• Understand it

• Read it

• Discuss it thoroughly

Wooly mammoths are extinct. This means that they...

• are related

• are hard to find

• no longer exist

• are amusing to look at

One way to preserve strawberries is to

• eat them

• throw them away

• make them into a jam

• pick them yourself

Find the antonym for the underlined word. The government's aim is to preserve the Great Barrier Reef.

• forget

• save

• fence

• destroy

Which is an SYNONYM for puny?

• burly

• massive

• gigantic

• weak

Find the ANTONYM for each underlined word. Field mice are the prey of owls and other large birds.

• followers

• hunters

• relatives

• pests