I do a lot of homework for this _______________ class.

• automatic

• desperate

• indignant

• challenging

Before we try a new dance step, our teacher ___________________ it for us.

• remarks

• demonstrates

• shuffles

• twirls

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Voting in elections is an important duty of ____________.

• suspense

• sympathy

• citizenship

• privilege

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Gwyneth was determined to keep her harmonica playing a secret until she had mastered the instrument.  To maintain her privacy, she practiced clandestinely in a windowless basement room.

What does clandestinely mean?

• loftily

• secretly

• professionally

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Thick gray clouds covered the horizon as a wild storm began to brew over the ocean.

 

What is the meaning of brew as used in this sentence?

• to be in the process of forming

• to bring about something intense like trouble

• to prepare or steep in hot water

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

When you need a job, you can’t just wait for a potential employer to call and offer you one.  You have to update your resume and then get out there and pound the pavement.

 

What does the phrase pound the pavement mean?

• fill out an application

• actively search for a job

• conduct an interview

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Sometimes, the things people assume are true can turn out to be incorrect.

 

Which word is a synonym for assume?

• prefer

• realize

• suppose

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.8.4A

The word indignity is from the Latin indignitas, which means, “unworthiness,” and the suffix -ity, which means “condition” or “state of being.”

 

Based on this information, indignity probably means __________.

• a lack or loss of honor

• a period of inactivity

• a feeling of foreboding

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

“Did you see my toy?” I asked

Ana said, “No.”

“Did you see my toy?” I asked

Troy said, “No.”

No one had seen my _____.

 

What word comes next.

• toy

• dog

• cat

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Shantell helped wash her father’s car.  Soon the car was spotless. 

 

The -less in spotless tells you _______.

• the car has some spots

• the car has no spots

• the car has many spots

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A