4.1.5 Barbed Wire Baseball

The spectators filled the stadium as the band marched onto the field.

• empty seats

• baseball players

• band members

• people watching

During World War II internment camps held Japanese Americans.

• farm

• uniform

• confinement

• education

The lot next to our old school looked desolate without the playground equipment we used to play on.

• empty and sad

• fresh and clean

• crowded and muddy

• overgrown and messy

The traffic was diverted because of road construction.

• created a traffic jam

• made the road smooth

• caused to speed up

• changed the direction

Which word is a synonym for descent in the sentence below? Many people of Haitian descent live in cities across America.

• small island

• different location

• friendly traveler

• family background

Choos the definition that best describes the underlined word. My sister admitted she misspoke when she promised we would have no yard work to do.

• said the wrong thing

• talked too loudly or softly

• spent too much time talking

• spoke clearly

We tried to encourage our little brother to speak up when he felt we were not listening to him.

• to lose courage

• to forget courage

• to provide courage

• to refuse courage

Mario was building a wall of shells that would encircle his sandcastles.

• to change a circle

• to lose a circle nearby

• to make a circle around

• to think about a circle

It became clear after we put together the chair that we misunderstood the directions.

• understood exactly

• did not understand

• created an understanding

• helped each other

Which word can be changed to mean cause to be bigger if you add the prefix en- to it?

• grow

• swell

• large

• heavy