World Without Fish: Vocabulary Practice

Mr. Whitham is planning a change to the schedule next year, and students and staff will have to (a)   to the new format.

• adapt
• decline
• elaborate
• deplete

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

After Mr. Dietz gave me feedback on the draft of my presentation, I decided to (a)   the format to make it easier to read.

• dominate
• unravel
• elaborate
• alter

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When you visit the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut, you can see all types of __________________ animals, including sea lions and otters.

In President Obama's speech, he asked young people to do something great for their country: "What's your (a)   going to be?"

• evolution
• contribution
• organism
• evolution

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

President Trump is a very ___________________ person in the United States today. At the mere mention of his name, intense arguments begin, even among friends.

• aquatic

• diversity

• controversial

• extinct

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

I couldn't understand why I was failing the class until I realized that my laziness and lack of effort were the (a)   .

• culprits
• variations
• organisms
• advantages

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

While the eighth-grade students are on their trip to Washington, D.C., there is a noticeable _____________________ in the amount of noise in the hallways.

• diversity

• contribution

• advantage

• decline

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

So many students had colds or allergies this spring that we have had a (a)   in our supplies of tissues. Students have been asked to bring in an additional box to help out.

• evolution
• generation
• depletion
• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

New York City is known for the ____________________ of its residents; you can literally see people from every continent as you walk its streets.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

In the game of baseball, some pitchers are just so good that they _________________ whatever batters they face, making it nearly impossible for the opposing team to score any runs.

• alter

• adapt

• dominate

• illustrate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4