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Vocabulary for New ELLs

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you decide you're definitely going to do something

a)

mythology

b)

gist

c)

hallucination

d)

determined

2.

Someone or something that lives forever

a)

immortal

b)

occasional

c)

mythology

d)

dyslexia

3.

Main idea- what is this part of the story mostly about?

a)

mythology

b)

point of view

c)

notice

d)

gist

4.

Happening sometimes, not often

a)

occasional

b)

assumed

c)

miserable

d)

expelled

5.

To make a good guess based on the evidence we have seen

a)

determined

b)

perky

c)

infer

d)

wonder

6.

Stories dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a people or culture.

a)

determined

b)

notice

c)

mythology

d)

gist

7.

Very unhappy or uncomfortable

a)

envy

b)

infer

c)

determined

d)

miserable

8.

Cheerful and full of energy

a)

miserable

b)

perky

c)

determined

d)

dyslexia

9.

Secretly listening to a conversation

a)

eavesdropping

b)

destined

c)

expelled

d)

infer

10.

When someone’s brain sees letters in a different way, making reading difficult

a)

irritable

b)

dyslexia

c)

envy

d)

expelled

11.

Feeling sick to your stomach

a)

Very stinky

b)

Vivid

c)

Nauseous

d)

Rebellious

12.

Feeling jealous, wishing you could have what someone else has

a)

infer

b)

wonder

c)

envy

d)

irritable

13.

Kicked out, forced to leave

a)

wonder

b)

expelled

c)

point of view

d)

notice

14.

Who is telling the story

a)

Point of view

b)

perky

c)

gist

d)

occasional

15.

Easily annoyed, grumpy

a)

irritable

b)

resolved

c)

occasional

d)

point of view

16.

Bright and clear

a)

Funds

b)

Anixety

c)

Reeked

d)

Vivid

17.

Seeing or feeling something that isn’t there

a)

mythology

b)

wonder

c)

hallucination

d)

infer

18.

When you decide you’re definitely going to do something.

a)

destined

b)

resolved

c)

immortal

d)

infer

19.

Decided beforehand by god or fate

a)

eavesdropping

b)

infer

c)

destined

d)

wonder

20.

To believe something without thinking or knowing for sure

a)

assumed

b)

expelled

c)

envy

d)

immortal

21.

Feeling worried or afraid

a)

Vivid

b)

Anxiety

c)

Nauseous

d)

Reeked

22.

Not doing what society tells you to do - fighting against rules

a)

Rebellious

b)

Resented

c)

Funds

d)

Reeked

23.

Feeling sorry for someone, feeling compassion for their troubles

a)

Sympathy

b)

Rebellious

c)

Reeked

d)

Anxiety

24.

Very stinky

a)

Nauseous

b)

Sympathy

c)

Reeked

d)

Resented

25.

Disliking something, feeling angry about something that has happened in the past

a)

Funds

b)

Resented

c)

Sympathy

d)

Vivid

26.

The money you have available to use

a)

Vivid

b)

Anxiety

c)

Sympathy

d)

Funds

27.

The main point an author wants the reader to take away from reading the text. The main idea in an informational text.

a)

Summarize

b)

Central Idea

c)

Research

d)

Simile

28.

Give a short and comprehensive statement that sums up the text.

a)

Collaborate

b)

Satyr

c)

Relevant

d)

Summarize

29.

To work together.

a)

Collaborate

b)

Relevant

c)

Satyr

d)

Figurative Language

30.

Something that matters, or is related to the current topic.

a)

Research

b)

Personification

c)

Relevant

d)

Minotaur

31.

To study and look for information on a topic.

a)

Relevant

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Simile

d)

Research

32.

Figurative language that compares two things using the words like or as

a)

Personification

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Satyr

d)

Simile

33.

Figurative language that compares two things without using like or as.

a)

Simile

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

34.

Figurative language that gives human characteristics to things that are not human.

a)

Personification

b)

Collaborate

c)

Relevant

d)

Minotaur

35.

Language that is not meant to be interpreted in a literal way; represented by means of a symbol, figure, or image. It compares two things or ideas and often paints a picture for the reader.

a)

Minotaur

b)

Summarize

c)

Metaphor

d)

Figurative Language

36.

A creature from Greek mythology that has the legs of a goat and the head and torso of a human.

a)

Central Idea

b)

Satyr

c)

Collaborate

d)

Relevant

37.

A creature from Greek mythology with the body of a strong man and the head of a bull.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Minotaur

d)

Satyr

38.

A creature from Greek mythology that is half man and half horse.

a)

caduceus

b)

pier

c)

centaur

d)

demonstrate

39.

A place where weapons are stored

a)

armory

b)

caduceus

c)

sprawled

d)

pulverize

40.

on purpose

a)

pier

b)

response

c)

connotation

d)

intentionally

41.

An idea or feeling you get from a word beyond its literal meaning

a)

sprawled

b)

centaur

c)

connotation

d)

demonstrate

42.

A walkway that is built to go out over the water. It is often used for fishing or tying up boats.

a)

response

b)

demonstrate

c)

sprawled

d)

pier

43.

Happening right away

a)

immediately

b)

caduceus

c)

demonstrate

d)

pulverize

44.

A pole with wings and two snakes wrapped around it. It is often used to represent doctors or medicine

a)

centaur

b)

caduceus

c)

pier

d)

immediately

45.

To reduce something to powder, usually by smashing or grinding it

a)

connotation

b)

armory

c)

challenge

d)

pulverize

46.

Laying down in a strange position, as if you were knocked over or passed out

a)

caduceus

b)

connotation

c)

sprawled

d)

pulverize

47.

To show something, usually by acting it out

a)

demonstrate

b)

challenge

c)

connotation

d)

intentionally

48.

The actions you take after something happens

a)

demonstrate

b)

pier

c)

centaur

d)

response

49.

A difficult problem or experience

a)

connotation

b)

response

c)

challenge

d)

demonstrate