Vocabulary Screener

To praise is to

• commend

• concentrate

• comply

• counter

Choose the ONE word whose meaning fits BOTH sentences: 

*A statement should be followed by a ______________. 

*The class ______________ seemed to pass slowly.

• period

• question mark

• time

• decade

Based on the context clues in the sentence below, ornate means:

 

The large vase was covered from top to bottom in a hand carved and ornate design.  It must have taken weeks, or even months to create!

• simple

• beautiful

• detailed

• relieved

Based on context clues in the passage below, eliminate means:

 

Please eliminate the blank lines between the pictures.  They were not supposed to be there.

• color

• find

• add

• delete

Your vision is very important for learning.  What does the root “vis” mean?

• hear

• laugh

• send

• see

To check someone’s temperature, you would use a thermometer.  What does the root     

      “therm” mean?

• ice

• heat

• sky

• see

When you are a spectator at a soccer game, you watch people run and kick the ball.         

             What does “spec” mean in spectator?

• see

• pay

• hear

• sleep

Choose the ONE word whose meaning fits BOTH sentences:

             * I asked him not to ___________ the glass.

             * It looks like there is only one ___________ left.

• drink

• drop

• cup

• break

Read the passage below.  Which word or words best helps you understand the meaning

             of the word obedient?

 

The obedient child always followed her mother’s requests.  That night, she brushed her teeth, folded her clothes, and went to bed before her mother had to come in and remind her. 

• Followed her mother's request

• Folded her clothes

• Brushed her teeth

• that night

When you study astronomy, you look at the night sky.   What does the root “ast or astro” mean?

• day

• star

• dark

• boy