Vocabulary Study 16 Grade 9

.................. is a short story, often with animals as characters, that has a moral.

• jeer

• fable

• pace

• enclosure

He was walking at a very quick ...................... and I had to jog to keep up with him

• breed

• pace

• boast

• leap

Don't ..................... at the person who came last in the race - it's very unkind.

• snort

• jog

• breed

• jeer

All European domestic cattle belong to the same ............................

• breed

• species

• enclosure

• habitat

If you ......................... me or use any force, I shall inform the police.

• threaten

• release

• reduce

• boast

The ........................... problem with this plan is that it will cost too much.

• enclosed

• captive

• essential

• jeered

I said I would win and it wasn't a simple .........................

• release

• boast

• habitat

• creep up

I know full well that many will be sad today thinking that time is ................ on the place where they grew up.

• leaping

• fairly

• springy

• ticking away

........................ is an area surrounded by the fence in which animals are kept.

• habitat

• enclosure

• captivity

• breed

Serious complications have delayed his ..................... from hospital.

• leap

• reduce

• release

• snort