Gooney Bird Greene Vocabulary Chapter 3

She arranged her necklace so it draped over one shoulder. Which word is a synonym for draped?

• covered

• removed

• left

• stopped

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

"Children," she said in a firm voice, "I can not tell you a story if I'm constantly interrupted." Which word is an antonym or opposite for firm?

• hard

• serious

• sturdy

• gentle

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Gooney Bird looked at them all sternly. Which word has a similar meaning to sternly?

• jokingly

• seriously

• happily

• loudly

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

"I'll have an intermission now for questions," Gooney Bird said. What does intermission mean?

• break

• group

• place

• pile

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

"All my stories are absolutely true," Gooney Bird said. Which word means the same as absolutely?

• certainly

• nervously

• somewhat

• sort of

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Fill in the blank with the best answer.

An atlas is a book full of ______________.

• books

• word meanings

• maps

• stories

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Fill in the blank with the best answer.

An index is in the ___________ of most nonfiction books.

• front

• back

• cover

• middle

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

I feel sentimental about this rug. Which word has a similar meaning to sentimental?

• tenderness

• anger

• silly

• confusion

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

But he slithered away, beyond her hands. Which word has a similar meaning to slithered?

• faded

• jumped

• moved

• flew

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Gooney Bird was determined to rescue him. Which word is an antonym for determined?

• set on

• committed to

• single-minded about

• unsure of

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4