WorksheetsActivity 2: Fill-in-the-Blank Sentences
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct vocabulary word to complete each sentence. You may have to change the form of the word (ex: go, going, gone). 1. Mollie ___ her friends into giving her money and new shoes by lying about her birthday.
Manipulated
Admired
Ignored
Assisted
Parents often become frustrated when their children respond to serious conversations with ___ and bored expressions.
Aloofness
Excitement
Curiosity
Enthusiasm
After backpacking through Europe, Louie dreamed of quiet ___ on the flight home.
Repose
Commotion
Turmoil
Clamor
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct vocabulary word to complete each sentence. You may have to change the form of the word (ex: go, going, gone). 4. Jasmine was annoyed by customers not paying with exact change, so she ___ cash payments and required credit card payments only.
Abolished
Allowed
Encouraged
Accepted
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct vocabulary word to complete each sentence. You may have to change the form of the word (ex: go, going, gone). 5. Phil referred to his fainting spell in front of the whole school as his “___ incident” and tried to change the subject anytime someone asked him about it.
Ignominious
Euphoric
Tedious
Momentous
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct vocabulary word to complete each sentence. You may have to change the form of the word (ex: go, going, gone).
6. Josiah’s mom waited too long to purchase the year’s most popular toy, and now she has no idea where she can ___ one only two days before the holiday.
Procure
Abandon
Destroy
Refuse
Even though Jamisha was ___ faster than her brother, she chose to slow down to help him train for and complete his first marathon.
Manifestly
Marginally
Barely
Slightly
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct vocabulary word to complete each sentence. You may have to change the form of the word (ex: go, going, gone).
8. Hallie told her brother it was ___ to make important decisions without even researching options.
Ignorant
Generous
Patient
Creative
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct vocabulary word to complete each sentence. You may have to change the form of the word (ex: go, going, gone). 9. Lisa hated change and became ___ when her boss presented new ideas.
Obstinate
Flexible
Enthusiastic
Supportive
The people believed their lives would improve if a different ___ was in power.
Regime
Building
Festival
Weather
In order to be sure the banks were not ___, the government appointed a committee to watch for any dishonest transactions or behavior.
Corrupt
Efficient
Profitable
Expanding
What is a theme in literature?
The main character in a story
The setting of the story
A central idea or message conveyed by the work
The plot of the story
Identify the incorrect use of a homophone:
Their dog is very friendly.
They're going to the park.
There going to be late.
I can't find their house.
Q: Why is she going to the doctor?
A: (a) (b) (c) (d) sick.
Q: Choose the correct words to complete the sentence!
A: Lily wanted to be a (a) officer that stops (b) from stealing.
Q: Choose the correct words to complete the sentence!
A: We worked at the (a) , it was very (b) .
Ancient Greeks began using forks after the Chinese. However, they did not use forks for eating. They used them for serving food. From Greece, forks moved to the Roman Empire. Romans first used long forks for cooking and serving. By the 300s, they began using table forks to feed themselves.
The table fork spread from there to what is now the Middle East and Turkey, before arriving in Italy and becoming popular in the 1000s. It stayed popular in southern Europe, but was not used much in northern Europe until it first became popular in France and Spain in the 1700s.
The table fork arrived in England from France before making its way to the North American colonies, where it first became popular shortly before the American Revolution.
"I hate the idea of having all those people out there watching me...I just don't like it when I'm around so many people. I wish I just could hide somewhere," whispered Violet.
What can you infer about Violet?
She is energetic
She is shy
She is mean
She hates people
Keller looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Keller's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Shaggy, his dog, put his head on Keller's lap, like he understood how Keller was feeling. "It's okay Shag," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What can the reader infer is happening?
Keller is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.
Keller is taking a trip to visit people he doesn't know.
Keller is taking Shaggy to live with his grandmother.
Keller is moving to California with his family.
