Mrs. Magat's Grade 6 RELA Vocabulary Quiz

The climbers rested on a sheltered ledge jutting out from the cliff.

What does jutting mean?

• stick out

• expand

• slow down

• climb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What do you give to signify your love for your parents? 

What does to signify mean?

• extend

• explore

• express

• give

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

You see the lips of a ventriloquist's dummy moving and hear the voice of the ventriloquist.

What does ventriloquist mean?

• singer

• dancer

• entertainer

• puppet

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Think it over. Don’t make an impetuous decision.

What does impetuous mean?

• rushing

• thoughtful

• thinking wisely

• making a good decision

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

Ms. Goodall would like to appear innocuous so that she could get closer to the chimpanzees.

What does innocuous mean?

• impatient

• patient

• harmful

• harmless

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Other animals in the forests become nocuous when they feel threatened.

What does nocuous mean?

• impatient

• patient

• harmless

• harmful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

 Ms. Goodall was precarious if she could get closer and be friends with  the chimpanzees.

What does precarious mean?

• certain

• not sure

• brave

• fearful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

He squinted down at her in the dim light, his gray eyes smoldering with unmasked anger. What does squint mean?

• to cry

• to glance

• to speak

• to yell

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

She is a tenacious person because she does not give from the challenges she faces in life.

What does tenacious mean?

• gives up easily

• determined

• clumsy

• not persistent

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

 Squeaky didn’t feel like her brother is cumbersome because she loves him.

What does cumbersome mean?

• a burden

• impolite

• imperfect

• cruel

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F