Word List

• n. Absence is the state of something being away.
  There is an absence of sand in the hourglass.
• adv. An action done aloud is done so that people can hear it.
  My father often reads stories aloud to me and my sister.
• adj. A bald person or animal has no hair.
  My oldest brother is bald.
• n. A blanket is a piece of cloth that people use to keep warm or to sit upon.
  I laid a blanket on the ground so that we could have a picnic.
• v. To creep is to move quietly and slowly.
  The cat slowly crept down the tree.
• n. Divorce is the process of ending a marriage.
  Divorce rates have increased in the past twenty years.
• v. To imitate someone or something is to act in the exact same way.
  He imitated his favorite superhero by putting on a costume.
• n. An infant is a baby.
  The infant cried all night.
• v. To kidnap someone is to take that person illegally.
  She was terrified to find out her son had been kidnapped.
• n. A nap is a short sleep, usually during the day.
  I took a short nap because I had stayed up late last night.
• adv. Nowhere means no place or not existing.
  Unfortunately, water was nowhere to be found.
• v. To pat something is to hit it softly with your hand.
  I patted some lotion onto my face.
• n. Relief is a good feeling after something bad or challenging ends.
  I felt a sense of relief when I heard the good news.
• v. To reproduce is to make something exactly how someone else did it.
  The children tried to reproduce their house using toy blocks.
• n. A rhyme is writing or speech that has words with the same ending sounds.
  "Humpty Dumpty" is an old rhyme that children learn in school.
• v. To suck is to put something in your mouth and try to get something out of it.
  The baby sucked milk from her bottle.
• adj. An urgent thing is important and needs to be done now.
  He had to leave at that moment; it was urgent.
• v. To vanish is to go away suddenly.
  All the passengers vanished from the train station.
• n. A wagon is a cart used to carry heavy things.
  He used his wagon to carry some of his gifts.
• n. A wrinkle is a line on a person's face that appears as they get old.
  My grandfather has some wrinkles on his face.

Exercise

A ‣ Circle the word that fits the definition.

B ‣ Circle the answer that best fits the question.

C ‣ Write the word that best fits each blank.

Reading Comprehension

Part A: Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true.

Part B: Answer the questions.