The Raft Vocabulary Practice

Nicky is __________ to spend the summer at his grandma's house.

• reluctant

• have eyes in the back of your head

• cluttered

• handy

Messy and things scattered everywhere

• Reluctant

• cluttered

• whoosh

• handy

At the beginning of the story, Nicky is reluctant to spend the summer at his grandma’s house, but by the end of the story, he ________________

• reluctant

• cluttered

• has a change of heart

• handy

Grandma tells Nicky that it is _______ to have a snorkel and mask on the raft.

• handy

• cluttered

• have eyes in the back of your head

• have a change of heart

Nicky’s grandma seems to ______________when she tells Nicky to stop sticking his finger in the syrup. 

• cluttered

• have eyes in the back of her head

• whoosh

• handy

A great blue heron ________ down with a crayfish in its bill.

• handy

• whooshed

• cluttered

• reluctant

You change your opinion or the way you feel about something.

• Have a change of heart

• whoosh

• reluctant

• handy

Aware of everything that is happening around you, even things you cannot see

• have eyes in the back of your head

• whoosh

• handy

• cluttered

Nicky’s grandma’s living room is ________ with books, sketches, charts, and fishing equipment.

• handy

• cluttered

• reluctant

• whoosh

You do not want to do something

• reluctant

• handy

• have eyes in the back of your head

• cluttered