WORD WITH MORE THAN ONE MEANING

STICKS can mean attached especially with gum or glue. It can also mean a small branch or a large twig. Which sentence does it mean attached?

• The sticks were all laid out in a pile, one on top of the other.

• The sticks in the art project were glued together to create a square frame.

• When you use a post-it note, it sticks easily to whatever you press it on. It then comes off just as easily.

• I drew 10 sticks on my post-it note so I could count by 10's.

Bats are often seen as spooky, especially at this time of year.

• The word bats means a smooth wooden club used in the sport of baseball.

• The word bats means blinking the eyes several times.

• The word bats means swinging a baseball bat.

• The word bats means a flying mammel that looks like a mouse with wings.

I could spot my mom from a mile away!

• The word means stain.

• The word spot means find.

• The word spot means guard so your partner doesn't fall and get hurt.

• The word spot means just a litte.

Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, has 160 stories.

• Stories means folktales, or fables, or books.

• Stories means lies.

• Stories means grocery stores.

• Stories are the levels in a building.

He was so excited about losing weight that he wanted to pound on the door to tell his neighbor.

• Pound is a measure of weight.

• Pound it hit.

• Pound is a heart beat.

• Pound is a kind of money they used to use in England.

Former President Bush passed a law called the Patriot Act.

• Act means pretend.

• Act means a part of a play.

• Act means a law.

• Act means a need to do something.