WorksheetsLiving Through a Natural Disaster
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 10mins
Read the sentence: Extreme weather can be very dangerous, but when it is predicted, people can make preparations to lessen its damage.
What does the word preparations mean?
rules
plans
buildings
promises
What is the base word of preparations?
Remember: A base word has no prefixes or suffixes.
prepare
prepared
preparing
preparations
Read this sentence: Weather, predictable or not, is always with us.
What does the word predictable mean?
rainy
unusual
expected
comfortable
If predict means to expect or say something that will happen in the future, then what does prediction mean?
Hint: Meteorologists do this for the weather.
a storm
an event
a forecast
an accident
Read this sentence: The river then meanders eastward across the vast North China Plain before emptying into the Yellow Sea.
What does the word meanders mean?
overflows
curves (winds) gently
goes straight
rushes to the ocean
What word could replace meanders if you wanted to say that the river turns sharply right and left?
crawls
sneaks
zigzags
thunders
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Choose the word to match the blank.
I have one _______ growing in the garden.
flower
flour
Choose the correct homophone for the sentence:
Sam was only ________ to play video games for 1 hour.
aloud
allowed
Choose the correct homophone for the sentence:
Mario needed 2 cups of ______ to make a cake.
flower
flour
Choose the correct homophone for the sentence:
The children's faces turned _______ after they got scared.
pale
pail
Read each sentence. Identify the homophones in each sentence. Type the words in the box.
The letter I sent came back because it needed one more cent of postage.
(a)
Read each sentence. Identify the homophones in each sentence. Type the words in the box.
When my aunt got a new cell phone, she tried to sell her old one online.
(a)
