Synonyms and Shades of Meaning

Jordan used the mule to HAUL rocks from the field. The ones he pulled out were used to make a wall.

• hide
• crush
• paint
• drag

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

I must be getting sick, because I feel ACHY all over.

• good

• happy

• sore

• tired

It was COMICAL to watch the kitten fight its own reflection in the mirror. We laughed for hours.

• scary
• funny
• comfortable
• terrible

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The AROMA of the fresh-baked bread made me hungry.

• smell

• taste

• price

• amount

The movie was so long and boring that I was DROWSY by the end of it. I had to go home to take a nap.

• thirsty

• sleepy

• curious

• distracted

Leo would never play chess without a PLAN. He always had an idea of where to move the pieces.

• thought

• loss

• organize

• strategy

Even though they do things differently here, I am starting to ADAPT to my new school.

• change

• study

• adjust

• arrange

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

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

• wreck, destroy, damage

• destroy, damage, wreck

• damage, destroy, wreck

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

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

• thrilled, happy, ecstatic

• ecstatic, thrilled, happy

• happy, thrilled, ecstatic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D