- What does the word "purchase" mean in this text?
Answer: to buy something
The text says money was handed over and the apples were taken, so purchase means to buy. Giving away and looking for do not use money that way.
- What does the word "volume" mean in this text?
Answer: One book that you can read
The volume came off a shelf and had pages to read, so here volume means one book. Loudness and container space are other meanings of volume, but they do not fit this text.
- What does the word "cooperate" mean in this text?
Answer: to work together as a team
Each person did a part and they finished together, so cooperate means to work together as a team. Working alone is the opposite, and they followed a plan instead of rushing.
- What does the word "luggage" mean in this text?
Answer: The bags people pack for a trip
The luggage was rolled to the counter and packed full of clothes, so luggage means the bags people pack for a trip. Tickets and seats are not bags.
- What does the word "mend" mean in this text?
Answer: to fix
The shirt was ripped and Mom uses a needle and thread so it can be worn again, so mend means to fix. Tearing made the problem, and no one paints the shirt.
- What does the word "orchard" mean in this text?
Answer: A place where rows of fruit trees grow
The text says the orchard had long rows of apple trees, so an orchard is a place where fruit trees grow. A store and a kitchen do not have rows of trees.
- What does the word passengers mean in this text?
Answer: People who ride along inside the bus
The kids found seats and looked out the window, so passengers are the people who ride along inside the bus. The round wheels are a part of the bus, not people at all. People who fix a broken bus have a job repairing it, but they are not riding it. The one grown-up who drives the bus steers it and runs it, while a passenger just rides. Only riders match the kids in the story, so people who ride along inside the bus is the best answer.
- What does the word "meadow" mean in this text?
Answer: A grassy field with wildflowers
The meadow had soft grass and wildflowers, so a meadow is a grassy field with flowers. A beach has sand, and a forest has tall trees, not open grass.
- What does the word "trunk" mean in this text?
Answer: A long nose
The elephant reaches, pulls, and sprays water with its trunk, so the trunk is its long nose. An ear cannot grab leaves, the branch is what the leaves came from, and a suitcase is not part of an elephant.
- What does the word "wetlands" mean in this text?
Answer: places with water and plants
The text says water covers the ground and plants grow there, so wetlands are places with water and plants. Dry fields are the opposite, and wetlands have more than only fish and rocks.
- What does tiny mean in this sentence?
Answer: Very small
The kitten could fit in a hand, so tiny means very small. A kitten can also be young, soft, and quiet, but fitting in a hand tells about its size.
- What do the roots do for the plant in this text?
Answer: take in water from the soil
The plant stays green even with no rain because the roots find water in the soil, so roots take in water. Leaves grow above ground, and petals are part of the flower, not the roots' job.
- What does the word "journey" mean in this text?
Answer: a long trip from one place to another
The trip took all day and crossed a mountain and a river, so a journey is a long trip. A short walk is the opposite, and a journey is the trip itself, not the car.
- What does the word "veterinarian" mean in this text?
Answer: a doctor for animals
The veterinarian looked in the dog's ear and gave medicine to make him better, so a veterinarian is a doctor for animals. A pet owner does not give medicine that way, and a veterinarian is a person, not a place.
- What does the word "emergencies" mean in this text?
Answer: Urgent problems
The text gives examples like a house fire and says these problems cannot wait, so emergencies are urgent problems. Chores and naptimes can wait.
- What does the word "respond" mean in this text?
Answer: hurry over to help right away
When the alarm rings the firefighters move right away, so respond means hurrying to help. Doing nothing and waiting a long time are the opposite of what they do.
- What does the word "soaked" mean in this text?
Answer: Completely wet through
The coats dripped water onto the floor, so soaked must mean completely wet through. A little damp would not drip, and the coats were not dry.
- What does the word "migrate" mean in this text?
Answer: to travel to another place when seasons change
The geese fly from the cold north to warm places and return in spring, so migrate means traveling to another place when seasons change. Building nests is not mentioned, and sleeping all winter is what bears do, not what the text says geese do.
- What does the word "checkup" mean in this text?
Answer: A visit where a doctor makes sure you are healthy
At the checkup the doctor listens, checks, and measures, so a checkup is a visit to make sure you are healthy. It is not a school test, and the text does not mention a shot.
- What does drizzle mean?
Answer: Rain that falls in soft, light drops
Drizzle means rain that falls in soft, light drops. The gray sky, the umbrella, and Mom saying we won't get soaked are clues that only a little rain is coming. Rain that pours down hard and fast is too heavy - drizzle is gentle, not a big downpour. Wind that blows the gray clouds away is wrong because the sentence is about rain coming, not clouds leaving, and you would not need an umbrella for wind. Only soft, light rain matches all the clues in the sentence.
