Word Meaning and Vocabulary Knowledge

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1

How can the words below be grouped?

Home

School

Store

Places

Animals

Tools

Colors

Explanation

To answer this question, we need to think about how all of the words from the question, home, school, and store, are related. These words are not animals, tools, or colors. These words are all places, so the words can be grouped as places.

2

How can the words below be grouped?

Soccer

Football

Basketball

Sports

Colors

Animals

Tools

Explanation

To answer this question, we need to think about how all of the words from the question, soccer, football, and basketball, are related. These words are not animals, colors, or tools. These words are all sports, so the words can be grouped as sports.

3

Read the sentence below.

Ryan used a telescope to get a better view of the moon.

What does the word "telescope" mean?

A tool used to look at objects that are far away

A tool used to build something

A tool used to draw something

A tool used to answer a math question

Explanation

A moon is an object that is far away. The sentence tells us that "Ryan used a telescope to get a better view of the moon." A tool used to get a better look at an object that is far away is a telescope.

4

How can the words below be grouped?

Sweater

Skirt

Socks

Clothes

Animals

Tools

Colors

Explanation

To answer this question, we need to think about how all of the words from the question, sweater, skirt, and socks, are related. These words are not animals, tools, or colors. These words are all clothes, so the words can be grouped as clothes.

5

How can the words below be grouped?

Hammer

Measuring tape

Screw driver

Tools

Animals

Places

Foods

Explanation

To answer this question, we need to think about how all of the words from the question, hammer, measuring tape, and screw driver, are related. These words are not animals, foods, or places. These words are all tools, so the words can be grouped as tools.

6

Read the sentence below.

Spilling the milk all over the floor was an accident. Molly cleaned up the spill right away.

What does the word "accident" mean?

Something that is unplanned, or not done on purpose

Something that is planned, or on purpose

To be sad

To be happy

Explanation

Let's think about the sentence from the question. When we spill something and clean it up right away, did we mean to spill something? Most likely, your answer to this is no. You wouldn't want to spill your drink and then have to clean it up.

"Accident" mean something that is unplanned, or not done on purpose.

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