Under Fast & Curious

Match the words to their definitions.

• not given enough food to eat

• underfed

• plants, bushes, and small trees growing under larger trees in a forest

• underneath

• the area beneath the arm at the shoulder, placed on or along the armpit

• underarm

• located or occurring below the surface of the earth

• underground

• below something, on the bottom of something

• underbrush

What does the prefix under mean?

• above

• too little; below

• not

• again

Which word belongs in the sentence?

Subway trains travel (a)   in large cities.

• underground
• underarm
• underbrush
• underfed
• underneath

Which word belongs in the blank?

Small animals often live in the ​ (a)   in a forest.

• underbrush
• underground
• underarm
• underfed
• underneath

Which word belongs in the blank? Animals that are not well taken care of are often ​ (a)  

• underfed
• underground
• underarm
• underneath

You should put deodorant on your ​ (a)   so you do not smell bad.

• underarm
• underground
• underbrush
• underfed
• underneath

Which word belongs in the blank? Ants live ​ (a)   in colonies.

• underground
• underarm
• underbrush
• underfed
• underneath