Wordly Wise, Book 5, Lesson 9

Find a SYNONYM for each underlined word: I have a significant reason for asking you here.

• secret

• personal

• embarrassing

• important

Find a SYNONYM for each underlined word: We all saw through Nikki's flimsy excuse.

• rude

• feeble

• believable

• embarrassing

Find an ANTONYM for each underlined word: Federico felt dense because he hadn't done his homework.

• interested

• clever

• bored

• sleepy

Find an ANTONYM for each underlined word: Uncle Ike lumbered into the room.

• stamped

• stomped

• glided

• waddled

An unwieldy suitcase is

• unmarked.

• sturdy.

• satisfactory.

• hard to handle.

Marco experimented with his hair. He

• went to the same barber.

• put a blue streak in it.

• shampooed it every day.

• complained about it to his friends.

The roofers made a heroic effort to put on the new roof during the storm. This means that the roofers

• were seldom on time.

• were fun tot watch as they worked.

• failed to get the job done.

• worked especially hard to get the job done.

Classes might be suspended because

• the community voted for longer school days.

• an important state official is visiting.

• a heavy snowfall has closed the roads.

• someone was fooling around in class.

The experiment with sound waves is to

• design tests to discover more about sound waves.

• play a musical instrument.

• read about sound waves.

• show sound waves with diagrams.

Maya suspended the hammock in the back yard. What does suspend mean in this sentence?

• wove

• sat on

• broke

• hung