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The Ugly Vegetables

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word scent mean in the sentence below? The dog followed the squirrel's scent through the woods.

a)

a. smell

b)

b. sound

c)

c. taste

2.

What does the word wrinkled mean in the sentence below? Kelly's shirt was wrinkled from being in her backpack.

a)

a. fresh and neat

b)

b. new and clean

c)

c. crumpled and creased

3.

What does the word blew mean in the sentence below? The wind blew the kite high in the sky.

a)

a. a color

b)

b. a light breeze

c)

c. a cloud

4.

What does the word where mean in the sentence below? This is where I go to school.

a)

a. put on clothes

b)

b. a place

c)

c. get old or used up

5.

Where does MOST of the story take place?

a)

a. in a park

b)

b. on a farm

c)

c. in a garden

6.

What happens at the beginning of the story?

a)

a. Mommy draws funny pictures on pieces of paper.

b)

b. The girl helps her mother start a garden.

c)

c. The neighbors eat vegetable soup.

7.

Which sentence from the story is a clue that the girl is a hard worker?

a)

a. "I rushed over to the neighbors' garden to see if theirs had grown."

b)

b. "I helped my mother plant the seeds, and we dragged the hose from the garden."

c)

c. "I saw the neighbors standing on their porches with their eyes closed, smelling the sky."

8.

At first , why doesn't the girl like her vegetable garden?

a)

She hates vegetables.

b)

She knows that the plants will not grow.

c)

She thinks it looks all dark, green, and ugly.

9.

How can Mommy best be described?

a)

She isn't friendly.

b)

She likes to share.

c)

She always shows off.

10.

What happens after Mommy and the girl pick the vegetables?

a)

They sell the vegetables.

b)

Mommy makes yummy soup.

c)

They decide to plant only flowers.

11.

Which word has the same FINAL sound as the word prize?

a)

fuzz

b)

pizza

c)

must

12.

Which word has the same FINAL sound as the word while?

a)

belt

b)

cold

c)

fell

13.

Which word has the same FINAL sound as the word seed?

a)

melt

b)

odd

c)

sent

14.

Which word has the same FINAL sound as the word book?

a)

clap

b)

duck

c)

wish

15.

Which word has the same FINAL sound as the word lake?

a)

chicken

b)

late

c)

pick

16.

What change should be made in the sentence below?

My friend Pat is visiting her aunt in irvine?

a)

change My to my

b)

change friend to Friend

c)

change irvine to Irvine

17.

What change should be made in the sentence below?

Our house is on Main street in Grant City.

a)

change City to city

b)

change Main to main

c)

change street to Street

18.

What change should be made in the sentence below?

On earth day, our class planted a tree.

a)

change earth day to Earth Day

b)

change class to Class

c)

change tree to Tree

19.

What change should be made in the sentence below?

The city of Newport Beach is not far from Irvine, california.

a)

Change Beach to beach

b)

change Irvine to irvine

c)

change california to California

20.

What change should be made in the sentence below?

On thanksgiving, we always eat lots of turkey!

a)

change thanksgiving to Thanksgiving

b)

change we to We

c)

change turkey to Turkey