U2W3 Review

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

I had to handle the vase gingerly.

• carefully

• firmly

• quickly

• roughly

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

His father used just one match to ignite the charcoal pieces.

• glow and then die

• extinguish flame

• flickering light

• catch fire

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Peter tried to start the campfire, but it just sputtered.

• made roaring sounds

• made popping sounds

• • made rustling sounds

• made whooshing sounds

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

My brother is painstaking in his preparations to go hiking.

• careful

• easy

• hurtful

• thoughtless

Which word is a synonym for gratified in the sentence below?

Mia was gratified to learn that her painting had been selected for the school competition.

• delighted

• embarrassed

• annoyed

• unhappy

Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word.

ar as in sparks

• alert

• borrow

• dirty

• perhaps

Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word.

er as in person

• story

• horn

• shirt

• sorry

Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word.

or as in before

• serve

• urgent

• uproar

• surround

Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word.

ar as in sharp

• character

• father

• harmed

• warmer

The word below that contains the same r-controlled vowel sound as the word mystery is —

• before

• circus

• tardy

• morning