Book of the Unknown vocabulary II

He (a)   about walking down the street with my mom to the Super 99, the dust blowing up everywhere, the heat pounding down, and about looking for crabs between the rocks along the bay.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

“It’s in you,” my dad (a)   me once. “You were born in Panamá. It’s in your bones.”

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

They assumed conditions would improve. But the country was so (a)   that their hearts never stopped breaking.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Mayor, I wish you could have seen it.” She sighed. “Maybe one day.” And my dad would sometimes shake his head at her (a)   and other times would just stay quiet,...

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

It didn’t take long before everyone in our building was knocking on each other’s doors and (a)   out on the balcony, standing around stunned and shaking with fear.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The amount of time you ____________ to reading, the better reader you will become.

• contribute

• contributed

• contributing

• contribution

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Many people will ___________ to the United States for more job opportunities.

• immigration

• immigrated

• immigrating

• immigrate

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Student's ______________ to the narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart was shocking.

• react

• reaction

• reacted

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

The students were asked to __________ their desks from the back of the classroom to the front.

• relocation

• relocating

• relocated

• relocate

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

They noticed she was uncomfortable because she kept ______________ in her seat.

• shift

• shifted

• shifting

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E