In England, a rescue greyhound named Jasmine made the news for a surprising reason.  Jasmine acted as a surrogate mother to more than fifty orphaned baby animals, including fox cubs, badger cubs, guinea pigs, and rabbits.

What does surrogate mean?

We use barrels to collect __________ during storms.

Maybe the television isn’t working because the ____________ is loose.

At the school art show, students ____________ their work.

The pack animals on our mountain trip were mules and _____________.

Dad’s workshop is down in the ___________ of our house.

My uncle will never play the piano unless my mother ____________.

The basketball was flat, so they needed to __________ it before they could play.

My father made this wood table from a piece of __________.

She dozed peacefully on a comfortable lounge chair while listening to ____________ music.

The Latin root word ped means “foot.”

Someone who travels by foot is called ___________.

Emma wanted to sing at the school concert, but she had to refrain so that she could study.

What is the correct definition of refrain as used in the sentence above?

Audience members stand up and walk around during the play’s intermission.

What does intermission mean?

Building language skills is a fundamental part of your education.

What does fundamental mean in this sentence?

My grandparents spend many hours each week volunteering at our local hospital.  For them, this labor of love is definitely time well spent.

What does the expression labor of love mean?

The road was being work on, so we had to find another ____________.

In English class, we discussed the _________ of the book we were reading.

Because of the bad weather, they decided to ____________ their vacation.

Stella told Lloyd to save his breath because she wasn’t interested in listening to his plan.

What do the words save his breath mean?