Vocabulary List #7

The BRAWL in the park got so big, the neighbors called the police. A BRAWL is...

• a party

• a fight

• a flea market

• a bar-b-que

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

I like to wear CASUAL attire on Fridays. This means I'll come to school wearing...

• a tuxedo.

• a skirt and a fancy blouse.

• jeans and a sweater.

• a snow suit.

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.W.8.1D

CCSS.W.8.2E

The joggers kept a CONSTANT pace. This means they...

• started slow then sped up.

• started fast and then slowed down.

• went same speed the entire time.

• walked. They were only pretending to jog.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

I EXCEL at word games. This means that I...

• am awesome at these games.

• am terrible at these games.

• am okay at these games.

• sometimes play these games.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

I was EXHAUSTED after hiking up the mountain. I was feeling _________ when I reached the top.

• worn out and tired

• excited and energized

• sad and lonely

• lost and confused

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A plant that can handle long, cold winters and hot, dry summers must be...

• hardy.

• mediocre

• monotonous.

• ravenous.

The new restaurant received MEDIOCRE reviews, but I thought the food and service were fabulous!

The word MEDIOCRE means...

• low, or medium, quality

• excellent quality

• above-average quality

• the worst possible quality you could ever have. Run away!!

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

I moved to the countryside to be peaceful, but my children say their social life is now MONOTONOUS.

MONOTONOUS means...

• boring

• busy

• confusing

• overwhelming

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The game of basketball ORIGINATED in December 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

This means that the game...

• started there.

• was invented there.

• began there.

• All of the above!

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Fact: I struggled with PUNCTUATION until 9th grade. This means that...

• fractions and multiplication were hard for me.

• commas and semicolons confused me.

• scientific formulas dumbfounded me!

• I failed my driver's test.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A