May Day Around the World vocabulary and comprehension

A ______ is the main part of a tree from which branches grow.

• root

• trunk

• leaf

• stem

Someone who _______runs or moves very fast.

• sleeps

• eats

• races

• sneezes

If you _______ something, you held it tightly.

• need

• flipped

• jumped

• clutched

If you _________ something, you did not remember it.

• dropped

• forgot

• trunk

• race

Which season does May Day celebrate?

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

If you are ______________, you can

wait for something without

complaining.

• forgot

• trunk

• final

• patient

Something that is

_______________ only happens in

your mind.

• imaginary

• final

• founded

• clutched

The passage says that Maria peeks from behind a tree. What does the word peeks mean?

• laughs

• waves

• hides

• looks

How are May Day celebrations in Paris and Hawaii the same?

• People give gifts in both places.

• People need coins in both places.

• People wear flowers in both places

• People have a parade in both places

What does the passage say people in England dance around?

• green man

• a dog

• yellow daisies

• the Maypole