Grade 2 U1W5 Vocabulary in Context

Read the sentence below.

"There is a long line of customers at the store wanting to buy the new toy."

What does the word "customers" mean in the sentence above?

• items for sale at a store

• people who own a store

• people who sell at a store

• people who buy at a store

Read the sentence below.

"He checks the hoses and fire trucks.

What is a synonym for the word "checks"?

• to make money

• to look at

• to break it

• to copy something

Read the sentence below.

"I can choose which shoes I can wear to the barn."

What does the word "choose" mean in the sentence above?

• to return it

• remove it

• pick it out

• put it away

Read the sentence below.

"At the firehouse, he makes sure the tools work good."

Which of the following are tools?

• ham and cheese

• hammer and saw

• cat and kitten

• brother and sister

Read the sentence below.

"They can only spend money on one item at the store"

What is a synonym for the word "spend"?

• lose

• take

• keep

• to pay

Read the sentence below.

"Both items cost a lot of money right now."

What does the word "cost" mean in the sentence above?

• save

• price

• dollars

• coins

Read the sentence below.

"Families do chores together to make sure the house is clean."

When people do chores, they _________

• do small jobs at home

• go to sleep

• play in the band

• make a mess

Read the sentence below.

"The doctor and firefighter have hard jobs"

Which of the following is an example of a job?

• school

• teacher

• mom

• sister