Wonders: Unit 1 Week 4 - Vocab/Comprehension

The word design means to

• make a plan.

• cook a meal.

• film a movie.

• write a letter

What does the word simple mean?

• busy

• easy

• messy

• nosy

The word invention means something that is

• created

• fixed

• prepared

• written

If you encouraged a friend, it means you gave him

• comfort

• freedom

• hope

• sympathy

Read the dictionary entry below.

• Verb: to put things in the place of another

• Noun: things that takes the place of another things

Which of the following words is defined in the entry above?

• inventions

• qualities

• solutions

• substitutes

What does quality mean?

• how difficult something is to make

• how easy something is to make

• how slowly something is made

• how well something is made

What does the word examined mean?

• spoke quietly

• turned loosely

• balanced evenly

• looked at closely

Which word means almost the SAME as the word solutions?

• answers

• beliefs

• ideas

• skills

In the beginning of the story, why does Elijah think the boss offered him the job of “ashcat” instead of engineer?

• because the boss was not a good engineer

• because the boss was mean to everyone

• because Elijah was not white

• because Elijah was a kid

In the selection, what is meant by the phrase grease the pig?

• add oil to the engine

• add oil to the oil cup

• heat the water in the boiler

• shovel coal into the fi rebox