Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz

I had to handle the vase gingerly.

• carefully

• firmly

• quickly

• roughly

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

• glow and then die

• extinguish flame

• flickering light

• catch fire

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

• made roaring sounds

• made popping sounds

• made rustling sounds

• made whooshing sounds

My brother is painstaking in his preparations to go hiking.

• careful

• easy

• hurtful

• thoughtless

Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word: ar as in sparks.

• alert

• borrow

• dirty

• perhaps

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

• before

• circus

• tardy

• morning

Select the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word: or as in storm.

• store

• start

• stir

• star

The campfire crackled as it burned through the night.

• made popping sounds

• made sizzling sounds

• made hissing sounds

• made booming sounds

Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word: er as in her.

• bear

• herd

• heart

• hair

Which word has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word: ir as in bird?

• fire

• fur

• stir

• star