Effective Word Choices

We had a SUPERB  dinner at the new restaurant. All of us agreed that it was the most delicious food we had ever tasted.
Superb means

• dreadful 
• nutritious 
• hopeful
• excellent 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

What mood do the words convey:
Aggravated 
Enraged
Violent

• Exciting
• Angry
• Boring
• Happy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

What moods do the words convey:
Creepy
Threatening
Nightmarish

• worried
• sad
• angry
• scary

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Jude was ___________ because she was asked to repeat herself several times.

• enthusiastic

• mad

• frantic

• frustrated

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Which choice below shows the words in the correct order of intensity (weakest to strongest)?

• eat, gobble, nibble

• gobble, nibble, eat

• nibble, eat, gobble

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

During the moment of silence, John ______ to his friend when he asked him a question. Which word below best completes this sentence?

• spoke

• whispered

• responded

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

It had been storming all day, so by the time I got home I was _____. Which word below best completes this sentence?

• damp

• wet

• soaked

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Taylor was __________ after hiking ten miles up the mountain. 

• exhausted
• drowsy
• weary
• d. tired

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

Which word means to run the fastest?

• dash

• jog

• bolt

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

Which word means the MOST hottest?

• lukewarm

• boiling

• toasty

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D