The Black Stallion Vocabulary Practice

What would be something that diminishes?

• The sun rising

• The sun setting

• Trees blowing in the breeze

• Clouds moving across the sky

What is something that you would NOT heave?

• A feather

• A box full of books

• Weights

• A bag full of rocks

Fill the word that makes the most sense.

Recently, I have been _____________ when I sleep.

• diminishing

• fitful

• savage

• piercing

Fill in the word that makes the most sense.

When the explorers came to the New World they considered the Native Americans _________.

• savage

• descended

• delicacy

• marveling

Fill in the blank with the word that makes the most sense.

The little girl _____________ when she looked at the closet. "Are monsters going to come out of there?" she thought.

• quivered

• examining

• heave

• wondering

Fill in the blank with the word that makes the most sense.

The ____________ sound of the train caused the man to fall asleep and miss his stop.

• rhythmic

• beat

• quivered

• descended

Fill in the blank with the word that makes the most sense.

The complaint was so ______________ that the employee started to cry.

• descended

• piercing

• quivered

• delicacy

What does the word descended mean in the sentence below? 
The bride descended the stairs in her wedding gown for everyone to see. 

• came down
• stopped flying
• slipped and fell
• carried luggage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word fitful mean in the sentence below?
The fitful bursts of tears during the movie were contagious. 

• gleeful
• irregular
• irresistible
• sarcastic

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word delicacy mean in the sentence below?
Some people may consider a cheesesteak a Philadelphia delicacy. 

• raw salad
• cooked meat
• special food item
• exotic amphibian

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4