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    Guess the meaning of the words based on how they're used in the text
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  • I could see Neal and Jeffrey from a block away. They walked in my direction. As they APPROACHED, I could see from the look on their gace that they were happy.
    skipped
    walked farther away
    moved nearer
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  • The library is a place I enjoy. It has to be quiet in a library so that people can read. When someone comes in and makes noise or talks in a loud voice, it DISTURBS me.
    bothers
    helps
    tickles
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  • The puppy was very little. When my mother picked it up, the puppy was frightened. It began to WRIGGLE. After a while, it felt safer and lay still.
    twist and turn
    eat
    sleep
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  • We have had our cat for six years. He is soft, and he lets us play with him. He is a good pet, and we ARE FOND OF him.
    punish
    dislike
    like
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  • As we walked in the woods, we saw a deer. We knew that we had to stand STILL or else the deer would get frightened and run off.
    without jumping
    without breathing
    without moving
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  • I like houses that have many windows. The light comes in and makes me feel cheerful. If the light cannot get in, then the house is GLOOMY.
    dirty
    dark
    bright
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  • I have three friends who went to camp for the summer. Last week I wrote a letter to each friend. This week, two of them RESPONDED, but I still have not heard from the third one.
    arrived
    answered
    began
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  • The air in the country smelled fresh. I walked by myself and sat down on a rock. The sun was about to set. I GAZED at the pretty colors in the sky for more than an hour.
    looked for a long time
    looked for a short time
    painted
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  • My friends came to visit me when I was sick. They brought me some bright flowers to cheer me up. They sat and talked to me and made me feel better. My friends are very CONSIDERATE.
    unpleasant
    forgetful
    thoughtful
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  • There was a show on TV last night that I wanted to watch. It started at 11 o'clock. By 10 o'clock I got DROWSY. I did not see the show because I couldn't stay awake late enough.
    excited
    tired
    sick
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  • I was helping my grandmother move. I carried a box of glasses carefully. Glasses are very FRAGILE. I did not want to damage any of them.
    easy to break
    pretty
    strong
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  • The man knew it was coming for him and he was very scared. He saw the monster coming at him and his whole body began to TREMBLE.
    run
    scream
    shake
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  • The little boy was new in the group. When we gave out the fruit during recess, I could tell that he wanted some. He did not ask for any because he was too TIMID.
    shy
    worried
    hungry
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  • I couldn't lift the box by myself. I asked two of my friends to come and ASSIST. All three of us moved the box out of the way.
    watch
    play
    help
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  • I was running down the hall. When i got to the corner, Jill was there. She had been running too. We COLLIDED and we both fell. It's a good thing we didn't get hurt.
    talked with
    bumped into
    met
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  • The store owner saw that no one was buying tomatoes at $1.39 a pound. He REDUCED the price to $1.00 a pound, and more people started to buy tomatoes.
    changed
    lowered
    raised
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