A Game of Catch Vocabulary

Trey was so excited! He was _________ with happiness after he got the good news!

After they lost the state championship, Roberta was​ (a)   .

• miserable
• jouncing
• tentative
• dawdling

Josh​ (a)   worked on his homework, as he was more focussed on his video game, than his math.

• indolently
• miserably
• exaggerate
• jouncingly

Pick the vocabulary word that matches this sentence.

When Holly told everyone about the fish she caught, she said it was 16 pounds! (but really, it was only 5 pounds)

• Misery

• Exaggerate

• Indolent

• Jouncing

Jocelyn ​ (a)   answered the question for her Science teacher. She wasn't very confident because she didn't know all of the ​ (b)   or types of fish that her teacher was talking about.

• tentatively
• species
• indolently
• dawdling

Mark's mom told him that after he finished his homework, he would have to take out the trash. Mark HATED taking out the trash, so he read his book to ________ for a while and waste some time before starting his chore.

If someone is acting indolently, how are they acting?

• Lazy

• Full of energy

• Bouncing up and down

• Very sad

Match the vocabulary word to its definition!

• Wasting Time

• Misery

• Bouncing

• Tentatively

• Lazy

• Jouncing

• Very Sad

• Indolent

• Hesitate, Unsure

• Dawdle

Which of the following is most likely an example of exaggerating?

• I had one cookie at lunch.

• I didn't eat any cookies at lunch.

• I ate 43 cookies at lunch today.

• I ate my carrots instead of my cookie at lunch.

Nellie's teacher called on her to answer a question out loud. She wasn't very sure of her answer, so she ___________ replied.