Wordly Wise Lesson 3

Frail means the OPPOSITE of

• loud

• hard

• strong

• mean

A novel is a long

• made-up story

• newspaper article

• poem

• song

To volunteer for a job is to

• do it for pay

• ask someone to do it

• choose to do it

• pay someone to do it

Someone's current home is the place where that person

• used to live

• lives now

• plans to live in the future

• was born

A coast is the land

• where farmers grow crops

• next to a mountain range

• that someone owns

• beside the sea

At an auction, each item is sold

• for the same price

• to the person who will pay the most

• for a very low price

• to the person who wants it most

A town resident is a person who

• owns a store in the town

• teaches school in the town

• built the town long ago

• lives in the town

An animal might starve if it has no

• shelter

• babies

• food

• enemies

Which of these describes a volunteer?

• someone who earns money by teaching

• a helper in the schoolyard who works for no pay

• a student who comes to school everyday

• a paid cafeteria worker

Which of these is intelligent?

• a large boulder

• a plant that is too tiny for people to see

• a dog that can do tricks

• a school building