Shades of meaning

It was frigid during the Ice Age.

• rainy
• windy
• cold
• hot

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Maroo investigated the dark cave. 

• explored
• climbed
• opened
• chiseled 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Mrs. Stine drank her Mountain Dew slowly, taking only small _________.

• gulps
• sips
• drinks
• swallows

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Jalil stared across the ________ desert and wondered how anyone could cross it. 

• large
•  vast
• towering
• oversized

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Taylor was __________ after hiking ten miles up the mountain. 

• exhausted
• drowsy
• weary
• d. tired

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Paris could not take her eyes off the _______ ballet dancers as they glided across the stage. 

• graceful
• lovely
• talented
• pretty

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which adjective is WEAKER, angry or furious?

• angry

• furious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Order the adjectives from weak to strong:

• gloomy, distraught, sad

• sad, gloomy, destraught

• distraught, sad, gloomy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Order the adjectives from weak to strong:

• alarmed, scared, terrified

• terrified, scared, alarmed

• scared, alarmed, terrified

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Does this person look glad or elated?

• glad

• elated

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4