Vocabulary Strategies!

Choose the correct option!
savage is to ferocious
as bear is to _______

• cat
• lion
• mouse
• elephant

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Use context clues to identify the correct word.
Johnny was always looking for a fight; he was aggressive and often argumentative.  People described him as _______

• angry
• fierce
• melancholy
• beligerent

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

Use context clues to identify the correct vocabulary word.
Max thought he was hatching the perfect plan for a school prank, but everyone thought it would be dangerous and was evil; in other words, his plan was _______

• scary
• favorable
• funny
• sinister

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Use context clues to identify the correct vocabulary word:
The young boy refused to let the dark basement terrify him; he would remain calm and not let it _______ him!

• intimidate
• encourage
• repay
• forgive

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

Look at the PREFIX of each word.  What do they have in common?
repay
retaliate
revenge
remind

• they are all antonyms.
• they all mean to do something again.
• they all mean not to do something again.
• they are all synonyms.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

melancholy is to blue
as sad is to _______

• yellow
• angry
• happy
• gloomy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Look at the SUFFIX in each group of words.  What do they all have in common?
savagely
forcefully
peacefully
modestly

• they all describe how you do something- actions.
• they all describe things- objects.
• they all mean the same thing.
• they are all antonyms.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.

• ate
• burned 
• slept 
• sunbathed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

The scared rock climber balanced precariously on the edge of the cliff.

• gracefully 
• lazily 
• dangerously 
• hopefully 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

Each student was allotted two tickets to the dance.

• allowed
• joyful 
• taken 
• fed

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C