"House Taken Over" Vocabulary Quiz

First Name, Last Name

The outside air was chilly and dry. I knocked on the door, hoping that someone was home. I heard footsteps, and then the door swung open. The old woman led me into the ____________ of the house, where I hung up my coat before following her down the hallway.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I ran through the house searching for my missing shoe. I checked every closet and every drawer. Then, finally, I peered below my bed. My missing shoe was just near the corner bedpost, ______________ in piles of dust bunnies and forgotten clothing.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The argument was getting heated, so I decided to make a run for it. I rushed up the stairs to my room to escape the worst of it. As I sat on my bed reading my book, the ____________ sounds of the debate downstairs floated up to my room.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"No ice cream today, sorry." The little boy's shoulders slumped. No ice cream, again? When are they going to fix their machines? He wanted to scream his frustration from the rooftops, but there was no one else there to listen him, so his opinions stayed _______________.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The student tried hard to understand what his professor was saying. He leaned forward in his chair, tapped his pencil, and took attentive notes. Unfortunately, the ideas that his professor was talking about were too ______________ for him to comprehend.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The house was very _______________. It could fit 3 entire families, 4 cars, and enough beds for everyone to sleep.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5