Roadrunner's Dance Vocabulary

Read the sentence from the passage:

"He took two slender branches from a mesquite bush and handed them to Desert Woman."

Which word means the opposite of slender?

• skinny

• fat

• green

• broken

"He bared his fangs and frightened a family walking home from the cornfield."

What does the word bared mean?

• lost

• tore

• threw

• showed

"He bared his fangs and frightened a family walking home from the cornfield."

Which word means the OPPOSITE of bared?

• picked

• hid

• caught

• bit

Read the sentence from the story:

"I'll show you I am king of the road," Rattlesnake shouted, hissing so loud the desert mice trembled with fear."

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word trembled as used in the sentence above?

• calm

• scared

• worried

• happy

"I've got it," he cried, zipping down the road, his legs carrying him swiftly across the sand."

What does the word swiftly mean?

• tired

• quick

• sloppy

• lazy

"I've got it," he cried, zipping down the road, his legs carrying him swiftly across the sand."

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word swiftly?

• tired

• angry

• slow

• noisy