Vocabulary Practice
My grandma looked at her wedding
pictures ______.
a) logical
b) wistfully
c) eavesdropping
d) jumble
wistfully – adverb – in a sadly
longing way, yearningly
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______ is not a polite thing to do.
a) eavesdropping
b) wistfully
c) jumble
d) scuffling
eavesdropping – noun – listening to
other people talking without
letting them know you are
listening
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My room is a _____ of toys and books,
so I have to clean it.
a) jumble
b) scuffling
c) scornfully
d) acquaintance
jumble – noun – a confused mixture
or condition, mess
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When we heard ______ from upstairs,
we knew Grandpa had finished his nap.
a) scuffling
b) scornfully
c) acquaintance
d) logical
scuffling – noun – the sound of feet
shuffling
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The critic was unhappy with the new
artist’s painting so he spoke ______
about them.
a) eavesdropping
b) jumble
c) scuffling
d) scornfully
scornfully – adverb – in a way that
shows that something or
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Carole is an _______ from camp.
a) scornfully
b) acquaintance
c) logical
d) wistfully
acquaintance – noun – a person
one knows, but who is not a close
friend
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When it rains, I do the _______ thing
and put my bicycle in the garage.
a) acquaintance
b) logical
c) wistfully
d) eavesdropping
logical – adjective – sensible, being
the action or result one expects
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News stand - noun - An
open booth or stand at
which newspapers and
periodicals are sold
Subway - noun - An underground
urban railroad, usually operated
by electricity.
Neon Signs – noun - signs
that are crafted by the of
bending tubing into
shapes, filled with neon
gas.
Cement – noun - A building material which
can be mixed with water and poured to
set as a solid mass or used as an
ingredient in making mortar or
concrete
Formerly Long acre Square, Times Square
entered the nation's consciousness in 1904,
when it was renamed after the New York
Times building that became the cornerstone
of the new district at the crossroads of
Broadway and 7th Avenue
Times Square is now most famous for its
New Year’s Eve Celebration, which started
in 1904 with the dropping of a lighted
globe at Midnight
Times Square is also central to the
Broadway Theater also known at the
“Great White Way”
Other sights - a Nedick’s Lunch Counter
Susan Ging Lent Production