Vocabulary Exercise

1. After the hurricane, there were many stray dogs in the city.

Due to the lack of food, they all look a) ____________________.

Sometimes you can see them b) __________________ in front

of hot dog carts or restaurants’ kitchens. After a natural

disaster everything looks pretty c)___________________.

Choose the word that best fits in option a.

• scruffy

• scrawny

• frayed

• tweed

• doofus

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

1. After the hurricane, there were many stray dogs in the city.

Due to the lack of food, they all look a) ____________________.

Sometimes you can see them b) __________________ in front

of hot dog carts or restaurants’ kitchens. After a natural

disaster everything looks pretty c)___________________.

Choose the word that best fits in option b.

• drooling

• yelping

• glumly

• pelting

• hag

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

1. After the hurricane, there were many stray dogs in the city.

Due to the lack of food, they all look a) ____________________.

Sometimes you can see them b) __________________ in front

of hot dog carts or restaurants’ kitchens. After a natural

disaster everything looks pretty c)___________________.

Choose the word that best fits in option c.

• shriveled

• yelped

• glumly

• ajar

• eavesdropper

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

2. A Canadian school demands their students look very

neat every single day. None of the students should be

a) ______________________. The school does not allow

students to wear b)________________ jeans. Students’ image

needs to be very formal and elegant. In fact, students wear

c) _______________________ blazers and vests. The problem is

that sometimes the uniforms’ fabric d) _____________________

too much when it dries.

Choose the word that best fits in option a.

• scythe

• scrawny

• scruffy

• ajar

• eavesdropper

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

2. A Canadian school demands their students look very

neat every single day. None of the students should be

a) ______________________. The school does not allow

students to wear b)________________ jeans. Students’ image

needs to be very formal and elegant. In fact, students wear

c) _______________________ blazers and vests. The problem is

that sometimes the uniforms’ fabric d) _____________________

too much when it dries.

Choose the word that best fits in option b.

• nymph

• yelped

• pelted

• hag

• frayed

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

2. A Canadian school demands their students look very

neat every single day. None of the students should be

a) ______________________. The school does not allow

students to wear b)________________ jeans. Students’ image

needs to be very formal and elegant. In fact, students wear

c) _______________________ blazers and vests. The problem is

that sometimes the uniforms’ fabric d) _____________________

too much when it dries.

Choose the word that best fits in option c.

• doofus

• glumly

• talons

• tweed

• frayed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

2. A Canadian school demands their students look very

neat every single day. None of the students should be

a) ______________________. The school does not allow

students to wear b)________________ jeans. Students’ image

needs to be very formal and elegant. In fact, students wear

c) _______________________ blazers and vests. The problem is

that sometimes the uniforms’ fabric d) _____________________

too much when it dries.

Choose the word that best fits in option d.

• pelts

• yelps

• shrivels

• eavesdropper

• talons

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

3. Harry Potter and Percy Jackson’s stories have several aspects in

common. Harry Potter is also an a) _______________________.

Just like Percy Jackson, he comes across an b)_________________ door

and listens to a conversation he should not have. Some of

the students at Hogwarts also c) _______________________ others. They

usually use magic to bother their classmates. Both stories also have

animals with huge d) ___________________ and a couple of

e) _____________.

Choose the option that best fits in letter a.

• talon

• hag

• scythe

• nymph

• eavesdropper

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

3. Harry Potter and Percy Jackson’s stories have several aspects in

common. Harry Potter is also an a) _______________________.

Just like Percy Jackson, he comes across an b)_________________ door

and listens to a conversation he should not have. Some of

the students at Hogwarts also c) _______________________ others. They

usually use magic to bother their classmates. Both stories also have

animals with huge d) ___________________ and a couple of

e) _____________.

Choose the option that best fits in letter b.

• ajar

• scrawny

• frayed

• scruffy

• doofus

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

3. Harry Potter and Percy Jackson’s stories have several aspects in

common. Harry Potter is also an a) _______________________.

Just like Percy Jackson, he comes across an b)_________________ door

and listens to a conversation he should not have. Some of

the students at Hogwarts also c) _______________________ others. They

usually use magic to bother their classmates. Both stories also have

animals with huge d) ___________________ and a couple of

e) _____________.

Choose the option that best fits in letter c.

• yelp

• pelt

• drool

• eavesdropper

• shrivel

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A