Multiple Meaning Words

Select the correct definition for the red word:

Could you hand me the scissors?

• the body part at the end of a human arm

• a pointer on a clock or a watch

• to give or pass with the hand

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Should we take the right or left fork of the road?

• something that you eat with
• a place where a road branches
• a large farm tool
• to hand over a possession

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Robert was asked to put the number cards back in the correct order for the teacher.

• arrangement or sequence of things

• direction or command

• things that have been bought or sold, as in a store

• to request to buy something

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Sara Smith, our best baseball player, can really swing a bat.

• seat on ropes that can be swung

• to move a thing with curving motion

• to cause a change from one idea or feeling to another

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Father said to put the rest of the potatoes in this box.

• to lie or lean on something for support
• to sleep
• the part that is left over after something has been removed
• a pause in a musical arrangement

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CCSS.L.5.5C

The infant built a tower of blocks and then knocked it down.

• to shut out from view
• a section of a city or town
• one in a set of wooden or plastic toys
• to stop the passage of someone or something

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CCSS.L.5.5C

When I said hello to my teacher, I gave her a big wave. 

• ripple of water
• surfboard
• handshake
• motion to greet someone

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Gary molded the block of clay into a beautiful vase.

• a solid piece of material usually with one or more flat sides

• an area of land surrounded by four streets in a city

• to stop or make passage through difficult

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Danny landed a job at Disneyland.

• the solid part of the surface of the earth

• to come down and settle on a surface

• to succeed in getting something

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CCSS.L.5.5C

My dog will shed a lot of his fur in the summer.

• to give off in drops

• to lose or cast aside

• a small, simple building used especially for storage

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CCSS.L.5.5C