Word List
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v. To advance is to go forward.He advanced across the bridge slowly.
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n. An athlete is a person who plays sports.Some athletes can play many sports very well.
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adj. If something is average, it is at a normal level.I'm not rich or poor; I'm average.
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n. Your behavior is the way you act.Their behavior was good this semester. They didn't cause trouble.
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prep. Behind means to be at the back of something.The little girl was hiding behind a tree.
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n. A course is a class in school.I took a P.E. course in school this year.
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v. To lower something is to make it go down.The chart shows how his production has lowered over the year.
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v. To match is to be the same or similar.The two shoes matched. They looked the same.
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n. A member is a person who is part of a group.Julie is the newest member of our team.
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adj. If something is mental, it has to do with your mind.I made a mental picture of the room.
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n. A passenger is a person who rides in a car, train, or airplane.One passenger was standing near the subway train.
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n. Your personality is what you are like and how you behave.John has a bad personality.
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n. A poem is a short kind of writing.William Shakespeare wrote many poems.
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n. A pole is a long thin stick made of wood or metal that supports things.The flag was hanging from the flag pole.
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v. To remove something is to take it away.I removed the nail from the board.
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n. Safety means the condition of being safe and free from danger.For his own safety, he was placed in a car seat.
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v. To shoot is to fire something like a bullet at someone or something.The hunter raised his gun to shoot at the target.
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v. To sound means to make a noise.The alarm clock sounded and woke us all up.
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v. To swim is to move through water.I love to swim in the ocean.
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n. A web is a home made by a spider.Mom cleaned the spider webs out of the garage.
Exercise
A ‣ Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined word(s).
- I need to find the other sock that is the same as this one.
_ _ _ _ - Please take away your feet from the table.
_ _ _ _ - This is a(n) very normal morning. Nothing bad has happened.
_ _ _ _ _ - The bell rang, so we changed classes.
_ _ _ - William wanted to go forward, but a wall stopped him.
_ _ _ _ _ - Clara is a person in a group of the running club.
_ _ _ _ _ - Jesse is a very good sports player.
_ _ _ _ _ _ - What is your favorite class?
_ _ _ _ _ - He was a person taking a ride on the ship.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - What kind of character does Ted have?
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B ‣ Check(✓) the sentence that makes the most sense according to the bold word.
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- a. I was behind the winner, so I won the race!
- b. Webs are made by spiders.
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- a. Reading increases your mental activity.
- b. We removed the city last week.
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- a. My shoes were behind the couch.
- b. This mental exercise makes my arms tired.
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- a. Have you ever found a bird's web?
- b. I lowered the box onto the ground.
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- a. We moved up to a lower level.
- b. Be sure to remove the trash from the house.
C ‣ Circle the word that fits the definition.
- to move through water
- a. lower
- b. average
- c. advance
- d. swim
- something nice to read
- a. poem
- b. web
- c. member
- d. behind
- the condition free from any danger
- a. shoot
- b. safety
- c. athlete
- d. personality
- a metal or wooden stick used to support things
- a. pole
- b. remove
- c. passenger
- d. sound
- the way you act
- a. mental
- b. match
- c. course
- d. behavior
The Camp
Stacie wanted to stay at a nice hotel for vacation. But her parents sent her to a terrible camp instead. For breakfast, Stacie liked fresh juice and chocolate milk, but she got water at the camp. In the afternoon, she wanted to write poems, but she had to swim. The camp was near an airport with loud planes. Spider webs hung over her bed. To her, the kids' average behavior was very bad. No girl matched her personality. She hated it.
One day, they had a class. Mental exercise sounded good to Stacie. But it was a course on water safety. They learned how to be safe passengers on a boat. Stacie didn't ever plan to go on a boat.
The next day, they played a game. There was a red team and a blue team. Stacie was on the blue team. Each team had to try to remove the other team's flag from a pole. They also had to use water guns. "I'm not much of an athlete," she said. But she still had to play.
Stacie took a water gun and looked for somewhere to hide. A boy said, "Stacie, you advance to the middle. I will go right. Those two will go left."
Stacie still didn't want to play. She walked into the forest and saw a red team player coming. Stacie hid behind a tree and then jumped out and shot the other player. “This is fun!" Stacie thought.
Several minutes after moving further, Stacie saw the red flag. A red team member was watching over it. She shot him with her water gun. Then she lowered the flag and ran back to her team. "I got it!" she said. The blue team won! Stacie was the hero.
For the rest of the week, Stacie had fun. She even made new friends.
Reading Comprehension
Answer the questions.
- How did Stacie win the game?
- a. She advanced to the right.
- b. She lowered the red team's flag.
- c. She hit the red team with her water gun.
- d. She swam all afternoon.
- Because of her personality, what would Stacie likely NOT want to do?
- a. Read a poem
- b. Play a mental game
- c. Become an athlete
- d. Stay at a nice hotel
- Instead of camp, where did Stacie want to be?
- a. At a fancy hotel
- b. At the airport
- c. On a boat as a passenger
- d. With an average student
- What did Stacie start to like about the camp?
- a. The other kids' behavior
- b. Having chocolate milk
- c. Spider webs over her bed
- d. Beating the red team
- What was Stacie's course about?
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