Word Choice-Synonyms

The biggest challenge for patrol horses is staying sane when faced with distractions and disturbances
Sane is not the best word choice in the previous sentence. Which of the following would be a more effective word to use in this sentence?

• calm
• friendly
• reasonable
• open

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

This apartment is … for us because it's rather cheap and near the city center

• easy
• suitable
• ready
• large

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below?

I'm starving! When that pizza finally arrives, I bet I'll eat five pieces in five minutes!

• savor

• nibble on

• devour

• chew on

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below?

I'm not very hungry. I might just eat a few grapes.

• crunch on

• devour

• gobble up

• nibble on

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below?

For some odd reason, my three-year-old cousin, Brady, is scared of clowns.

• worried

• fearless

• suspicious

• terrified

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below?

It started to lightning as soon as we got off the bus.

• climbed

• went down

• left

• hopped

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below?

"Megan and Julie!!! What have you done to my lemonade?" yelled Dad.

• bellowed

• said

• moaned

• sighed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below?

Mom spent six hours looking through the leaves for her lost wedding ring.

• gazing

• watching

• searching

• finding

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below?

She walked through the mall, looking for the perfect burgundy blouse to match her blouse.

• strolled

• dashed

• zipped

• sprinted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below?

"This isn't fair. She always gets to have friends spend the night, " said Landon.

• suggested

• explained

• cackled

• grumbled

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B