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Food was scarce after a long period without rain.

• Easy to find

• limited or hard to find

• better

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Nate is going to accompany his friend to the play tonight because they have seats next to each other.

• forget

• drive to

• go with

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Mr. Wilson was so appreciative of all the help he had gotten while cleaning up his classroom, so he sent each helper a thank-you note.

• grateful

• embarrassed

• imaginative

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The abandoned ship was fully submerged, so the explorers had to go diving to investigate it.

• working properly

• under water

• discovered

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Our teacher will randomly delegate the classroom jobs to new students.

• create

• assign

• take away

Find the meaning of play that matches its use in the sentence below.

Cindy, Heather, and Kathy play soccer on the same team.

• Noun. 1. a show acted out on stage.

• Verb. 1. to do activities for enjoyment

• Verb 2. to participate in a sport

• Verb 3. to perform with a musical instrument.

Find the meaning of iron that matches its use in the sentence below.

William needs to iron his dress shirt.

• Adj. 1. made of a strong metal

• noun 1. a tool used to smooth out wrinkles

• noun 2. a type of metal

• verb. 1. to smooth out wrinkles with heat.

Find the meaning of guide that matches its use in the sentence below.

Victoria is a guide at the art museum.

• noun 1. a person who leads a tour

• noun 2. a pattern to follow when making something

• verb 1. to lead someone or something

• verb 2. to influence the direction of events.

Find the meaning of brush that matches its use in the sentence below.

She had to brush the ladybug off of her arm.

• noun 1. a tool used to comb hair

• noun 2. a thick group of bushes

• verb 1. to move something

• verb 2. to comb hair

Find the meaning of round that matches its use in the sentence below.

Sophia's house has a round window.

• adj. 1. having a circular shape

• noun 1. a song sung in parts that begin at different times

• verb 1. to reduce a number's decimal places

• verb 2. to make something curved