Down with Cats/ Voc. pg82

Choose the word from the list that best completes the sentence.

SENTENCE:
My mother saw what I did, and she will now ___ me.

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DEFINITION:

made hair stand up straight

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SENTENCE:
I knew it was ___ of me to go into the deeper water.

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SENTENCE:

I won't go near the ___ again.

Read the passage. Then read the question about the passage. Choose the best answer to the question.


Down the Cats

Cats make terrible pets!

First of all, as everyone knows, cats are hunters. They are related to lions and tigers. Today's house cats hunt mice, birds, and lizard just the way big cats hunt bigger animals.

some people think this is a good quality. But I definitely do not. I feel sorry for the mice that my brother's cat tries to catch. Of course, my brother's cat has never yet caught a single mouse. But someday I believe he might!

Finally, dogs are much nicer than cats. That is not just my opinion. It's a fact!


QUESTION:

In the first sentence, the writer gives -

Read the passage. Then read the question about the passage. Choose the best answer to the question.


Down the Cats

Cats make terrible pets!

First of all, as everyone knows, cats are hunters. They are related to lions and tigers. Today's house cats hunt mice, birds, and lizard just the way big cats hunt bigger animals.

some people think this is a good quality. But I definitely do not. I feel sorry for the mice that my brother's cat tries to catch. Of course, my brother's cat has never yet caught a single mouse. But someday I believe he might!

Finally, dogs are much nicer than cats. That is not just my opinion. It's a fact!


QUESTION:
Which is NOT a good way to prove that one of the facts is true or false?

Choose the word from the list that best matches the definition.

DEFINITION:

having places where two parts join together

Choose the word from the list that best matches the definition.

DEFINITION:

hollow-stemmed plants

Read the passage. Then read the question about the passage. Choose the best answer to the question.


Down the Cats

Cats make terrible pets!

First of all, as everyone knows, cats are hunters. They are related to lions and tigers. Today's house cats hunt mice, birds, and lizard just the way big cats hunt bigger animals.

some people think this is a good quality. But I definitely do not. I feel sorry for the mice that my brother's cat tries to catch. Of course, my brother's cat has never yet caught a single mouse. But someday I believe he might!

Finally, dogs are much nicer than cats. That is not just my opinion. It's a fact!


QUESTION:

Which clue word in the sentence signals that it is an opinion?
"Some people think this is a good quality."

Read the passage. Then read the question about the passage. Choose the best answer to the question.


Down the Cats

Cats make terrible pets!

First of all, as everyone knows, cats are hunters. They are related to lions and tigers. Today's house cats hunt mice, birds, and lizard just the way big cats hunt bigger animals.

some people think this is a good quality. But I definitely do not. I feel sorry for the mice that my brother's cat tries to catch. Of course, my brother's cat has never yet caught a single mouse. But someday I believe he might!

Finally, dogs are much nicer than cats. That is not just my opinion. It's a fact!


QUESTION:

The third paragraph includes -

Choose the words from the list that best completes the sentence.

SENTENCE:

I waded out into the _____ water near where the _____ grew.

Choose the word from the list that best matches the definition.

DEFINITION:

not deep

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DEFINITION:

shelter formed by hole in hillside

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DEFINITION:

not well-behaved

Read the passage. Then read the question about the passage. Choose the best answer to the question.


Down the Cats

Cats make terrible pets!

First of all, as everyone knows, cats are hunters. They are related to lions and tigers. Today's house cats hunt mice, birds, and lizard just the way big cats hunt bigger animals.

some people think this is a good quality. But I definitely do not. I feel sorry for the mice that my brother's cat tries to catch. Of course, my brother's cat has never yet caught a single mouse. But someday I believe he might!

Finally, dogs are much nicer than cats. That is not just my opinion. It's a fact!


QUESTION:

A statement from the story that cannot be proved true or false is-