Wordly Wise: Lesson 3

Frail means the OPPOSITE of

• loud.

• hard.

• strong.

• mean.

A novel is a long

• made-up story.

• newspaper article.

• poem.

• song.

To volunteer for a job is to

• do it for pay.

• ask someone else to do it.

• choose to do it.

• pay someone to do it.

Someone's current home is the place where that person

• used to live a long time ago.

• lives now.

• plans to live in the future.

• was born.

A coast is the land

• where farmers grow crops.

• next to a mountain range.

• that someone owns.

• beside the sea.

At an auction, each item is sold

• for the same price.

• to the person who will pay the most.

• for a very low price.

• to the person who wants it most.

A town resident is a person who

• owns a store in the town.

• teaches school in the town.

• built the town long ago.

• lives in the town.

An animal might starve if it has no

• shelter.

• babies.

• food.

• enemies.

Which of these describes a volunteer?

• someone who earns money by teaching

• a helper in the schoolyard who works for no pay

• a student who comes to school every day

• a paid cafeteria worker

Which of these is intelligent?

• a large boulder

• a plant that is too tiny for people to see

• a dog that can do tricks

• a school building