Brave Girl - ReadyGEN - Vocabulary & Skills

Read this sentence from Brave Girl:

There are two filthy toilets, one sink, and three towels for three hundred girls to share.

What does the word filthy mean in this sentence?

• old

• dirty

• broken

• cracked

Which word means almost the same thing as filthy?

• fixed

• shiny

• unclean

• spotless

Read this sentence from Brave Girl.

The doors are locked, and you’re inspected every night before you leave to be sure you haven’t stolen anything from the factory.

What does the word inspected mean in this sentence?

• missed

• passed

• checked

• punished

Which word means almost the same thing as inspected?

• met

• kept

• unseen

• examined

Read this sentence from Brave Girl.

Not even he proposes action!

What does the word proposes mean in this sentence?

• suggests

• prevents

• discusses

• considers

What might be something one person proposes to another?

• birthday

• marriage

• happiness

• childhood

Read this sentence from Brave Girl.

At the end of her shift, though her eyes hurt from straining in the gaslight and her back hurts from hunching over the sewing machine, she walks to the library.

The word shift has a number of different meanings. In Brave Girl, what does the word shift mean?

• day

• night

• strike

• workday

Add one of the suffixes to the base word govern.

Change its meaning to “an organization of people who govern.”

Add one of the suffixes to the base word boy.

Change its meaning to “like a young boy.”

Add one of the suffixes to the base word neighbor.

Change its meaning to “a place of many neighbors.”