Vocabulary Practice: Definitions and Usage

Sequence means:

• A big problem that is hard to solve

• The order that things happen in

• A feeling or emotion

• A new country someone moves to

Overcome means:

• To give up on something difficult

• To go back home

• To win against a problem or fear

• To start something new

Challenge means:

• Something that is easy to do

• Something difficult that tests your strength or skills

• A type of celebration

• A happy feeling

Mood means:

• The order of events in a story

• The way a person feels

• The place where something happens

• A way to fix a problem

Homesick means:

• To change so you can fit into a new place or situation

• To stay the same all the time

• To miss your home country and family

• To leave a place forever

Culture shock means:

• Feeling surprised or confused in a new culture

• A type of electricity

• A big holiday in another country

• Being happy in your home country

Solution means:

• A problem or difficulty

• A new friend

• The answer or way to fix a problem

• The order of events

Use reasoning with context clues: Which word best completes the sentence? Learning a new language can be a ________ for immigrants.

• Easy

• Challenge

• Game

• Party

She could smell the delicious cake baking in the kitchen.

This sentence is an example of...

• Evidence

• Sensory details

• Quotation

• Mood

Which sentence uses the term culture shock correctly for a Grade 6 audience?

• I felt culture shock when the new video game shocked my controller.

• Moving to another country gave me culture shock because the customs and language were very different.

• I studied culture shock by plugging a wire into a battery.

• Culture shock is when you get scared during a loud concert.