Grammar Spiral 2/15

Read and answer the task card.

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• b

• c

• d

Read and answer the task card.

• a

• b

• c

• d

Toe is to Foot as Finger is to _________

• hand

• thumb

• arm

• elbow

Sky is to Blue as Lemon is to _________

• yellow

• green

• white

• spotted

Man is to Boy as Cat is to ___________.

• cuddly

• soft

• girl

• kitten

Match the following idioms with its meaning.

• Issue to work out

• Out on a limb

• Taking a rick

• Cat got your tongue?

• Good luck

• Break a leg

• Not speaking

• Bone to pick

• Suddenly

• Drop of a hat

Reorder the mixed-up sentences below in the correct order (beginning to end).

• During this morning's music class, her teacher thought she was talking during instruction and gave her a detention.

• At noon, Mary discovered that she had forgotten her lunch at home.

• Her mom dropped her off at school, but in her rush to get to the entrance, she tripped and fell.

• She missed the bus because she spilled her cereal all over her clothes and had to change them.

• Everything seemed to be going wrong for Mary today.

Reorder the mixed-up sentences below in the correct order (beginning to end).

• Dinner would have been the point of the day... if her mother wouldn't have burned it.

• At two o'clock, science class turned into a disaster when Mary's experiment didn't work.

• Then, at recess after lunch her two best friends started ignoring her.

• When the bell finally rang at the end of the day, Mary had to serve her detention.

• After recess, her teacher surprised the class with a pop quiz. Mary is pretty sure she missed all the questions.

My grocery cart knocked into the aisle and the cans came garushing down.

Using context clues, infer the meaning of the underlined word.

• sharp

• amazement

• rolls

• crashing

After a long day playing outside, the little boy felt zentle.

Using context clues, infer the meaning of the underlined word.

• excited

• tired

• happy

• sad