assignment_returnWorksheet:
Connect The Word For An Effect
Standard(s): L.3.3
The troll was not happy. He had been trying to build a fence around his home for days, but it kept falling over. You see, the troll didn’t like anyone. He wanted to build a fence, so that his neighbors couldn’t visit him. He cut down many trees and then cut them into posts for his fence. He dug holes in the ground and put the posts in them. Then he laid long logs on top of the posts, but the logs kept falling down.
As the troll was sitting on a log, feeling ____________ about the unfinished fence, one of his neighbors walked by.
Which word best fills in the blank by clearly showing the writer's meaning?
happy
joyous
glad
upset
Standard: L.3.2.G
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Description: Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
Mr. Philip was sitting by the window looking out into the street. A boy was sitting on a step on the opposite side of the street eating a bun. A dog was a little distance away, watching him ______________. Suddenly the boy called the dog and said, “Hey dog! Do you want a piece of the bun” The dog eagerly came forward. The boy held out the bun and just as the dog came near, the boy gave it a hard kick, which sent it yelping in pain. The boy laughed and settled down to finish the bun.
Which word best fills in the blank by clearly showing the writer's meaning?
hungrily
suspiciously
madly
happily
Standard: L.3.2.G
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Description: Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
Choose the statement that best describes an angry child.
He was like an angry lion, roaring in the distance.
It was peaceful, like a slow falling rain.
I could hear him from a long way off.
He was like a fast-paced rabbit, here and then gone.
Standard: L.3.2.G
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Description: Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
Choose the statement that best describes a sunrise.
It was like a beacon of light appearing in the east.
It spreads warmth all around us.
It was warm.
It was bright.
Standard: L.3.2.G
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Description: Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
Choose the word that BEST explains the boy's feelings and completes the following sentence.
Jeremiah's balloon escaped. He felt _____________ as he saw it float into the sky.
excited
sad
sick
hungry
