Writing Skills Bundle + Handwriting + Spelling + Fractions + Geography Questions

Writing Skills Bundle - Writing Skills Practice - Editing Practice - Grammar Practice - Fraction Worksheets - Geography Questions (Gr. 3-7).

If you like writing worksheets - and quite frankly who doesn't - then have I got a writing skills bundle for you.

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• 223 Writing Prompts (expository, persuasive, dialogue, humor...)
• 154 Handwriting Prompts (cursive & printing with states, STEM, careers, heroes & leaders...)
• 70 Spelling Lists (1,347 words)

With 91 writing skills worksheets...

• 12 Editing Prompts (holistic approach)
• 35 Editing Worksheets (structured editing with answer keys)
• 44 Writing Skills (nouns, verbs, similes, conjunctions...)

And we'll probably need some math worksheets...

• 39 Fraction Worksheets (self-directed with riddles)
• 90 Calculator Riddles (where answers are words)

And bonuses...

• 200 Geography Questions - USA & World for atlas and internet.
• 56 freebies.

Some of the details:

1) 12 Editing Prompts

• Labor Day

• Haunted House

• Winter Solstice

• Sled Racing

• White House Easter Egg Roll

• Valentine's Day 1886

• Rosie the Riveter

• Lewis & Clark

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Four Corners

• Gateway Arch

• Natchez Trace

2) 35 Editing Worksheets

• Sentences I

• Sentences II

• Paragraphs

• Nouns

• Subject-Verb Agreement

• Run-on

• Prepositions

• Apostrophes

• Commas I

• Commas II

• Quotations I

• Quotations II

• Conjunctions

• Colons

• Semicolons

• Fluff

• Double Negatives

• Wordiness

• Comma Splice

• Title of Works

• Transitions

• Subordinate Conjunctions

• Appositives

• Parenthetical Expressions

• Syntax

• Active vs. Passive Voice

• Hyphen & Dash

• Parentheses & Brackets

• General Practice I

• General Practice II

• General Practice III

• General Practice IV

• General Practice V

• General Practice VI

• General Practice VII

3) 44 Writing Skills

Basic

• Sentences

• Paragraphs

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Prepositions

Intermediate

• Apostrophes

• Commas I

• Commas II

• Quotation Marks

• Conjunctions

• Colons

• Semicolons

• Fluff (avoid)

• Hyperbole

• Similes

• Metaphors

• Personification

• Double Negatives

• Wordiness

• Comma Splices

• Bibliography

• Poetry

• Transitions

• Subordinate Conjunctions

• Appositives

• Parenthetical Expressions

• Email I

• Email II

• Syntax

• Deduction

• Tone

• Generalization

Advanced

• Active vs. Passive Voice

• Thesis

• Five-Paragraph Essay

• Persuasive

• Expository

• Dialogue

• Inference

• Imply

• Shades of Meaning

• Root Words

4) 223 Writing Prompts

Dialogue (20)

• County fair roller coaster.

• Cotton candy clown.

• Glenda the snow troll.

• Squirrels on winter vacation.

• Nick & Greg make a movie.

• Grandpa Al and brother Frank ride Penny Farthings.

• Showing George Washington the sights.

• Theodore Roosevelt's personal secretary.

• Peter Peter's Pumpkin Shop.

• County fair pumpkin carver.

• Veterans' Parade lead car.

• Announcing the Veterans' Parade.

• Unicycle parade clown.

• Pictures with Santa.

• Mrs. Claus saleswoman.

• Cupid Nick is on the scene.

• Sybille's passion for pink.

• Mr. Adams buys Valentine's chocolate at the gas station.

• Max and Chicky's mismatched lifestyles.

• Just another day at the Peep Factory.

Humor (33)

• Jack's new way to get to school.

• Deer photography trip.

• Randolph's big day at Feline Spa & Resort.

• Airplane tennis anyone?

• Dog sled team relaxing poolside.

• Night watchperson lost in castle.

• Snowed-in on a snow day.

• You go first Uncle Phil.

• Cousin Doug catches a mermaid.

• Skittles has a plan.

• Principal McPhee speaks.

• Dr. Lyttle to the rescue.

• How to be a good household pet.

• Kittles the swimming cat.

• Frying food on the sidewalk.

• Dad goes camping.

• Lulu earns a break.

• You win a haunted house!

• Haunted house housekeeping.

• Grandma Trudy makes a house haunted.

• First grade patriotic musical.

• Woofy, the town dog, contributes to Veterans Day.

• Beach Santa.

• Gift return hotline.

• Living in a gingerbread house.

• Valentines high heels.

• Uncle Al likes his job.

• Grandmas Hilda & Myrtle have a plan.

• Pin the tail on a real donkey.

• Rocko sings the classics.

• Egg salad for every meal.

• Ms. Kate decorates everything.

• Awful smell and a missing Easter egg.

Suspense (18)

• Night in the haunted house.

• Choose a scene.

• Thanksgiving package.

• Choose a topic.

• Downhill skiing final race.

• Lost on a trail with an unnerving feeling.

• Cara's big catch.

• Maya vs. Brussels sprouts.

• Presidential chauffeur.

• The Olympic ceremony is about to start.

• Volleyball last point.

• The hurdle race starts.

• Santa oversleeps.

• Pick a topic.

• Santa's dry cleaner has both good and bad news.

• Easter dinner lottery clean-up.

• Faberge eggs.

• Maria's Easter bunny suit arrives.

Expository (30)

• Explain Rube Goldberg's light bulb.

• How to remove a classroom fly.

• President Kennedy's quote.

• How to get kindergartners to get along.

• Rules a bus driver should know.

• Halloween history.

• Why do we have traditions?

• Christmas customs.

• Wish list vs. gratefulness.

• Easter Island scientific study.

• Living on an island.

• Valentine's Day history & transformation.

• Grocery store Valentines.

• Chocolate sales.

• VA hospitals.

• Daughters of the American Revolution.

• The American Legion.

• Disabled American Veterans.

• April Fools protocol.

• The perfect joke.

• Daylight Savings Time.

• Mother's Day.

• Martin Luther King: excellent speaker.

• Ruby Bridges' courage.

• Rosa Parks' non-violent protest.

• Barbecuing for 12 neighbors.

• Making frozen treats.

• Lemonade stand competition.

• Engineering the world's largest pizza.

• Starting your next world record.

Persuasive (17)

• Good ship Lollipop renovation.

• Captain Bligh and the HMS Bounty.

• Deserted island or forest wilderness?

• Randolph the other reindeer.

• Tia & Theo find a forest pet.

• Chuckles the clown interviews for a party.

• A persuasive real estate agent.

• Hot vs. cold.

• Life on other planets?

• Flexible school days.

• Persuading James it's bedtime.

• Cruise ship karaoke night.

• Cruise ship sing-along.

• Urban boating.

• Urban boating the right direction.

• Brown bear in my pool.

• Brown bear staying in my pool.

Irony (25)

• Unknown restaurant guest.

• Standing in line for something?

• Sounds from a lunch bag.

• Lynn captured by butterflies.

• An ocean with no fish.

• My parents gave me $20.

• Ice fishing derby.

• Tug on the fishing line.

• Hunger at the fishing derby.

• Gene & Neil like to fish.

• Walt fishing in a pothole.

• Pile of snow.

• Teachers play a joke.

• Balancing rocks.

• Shopping carts and a car.

• Dancing cobra.

• Short-horn cattle.

• Miguel's April Fools idea.

• Limbo with the Morris triplets.

• Kurt's first swimming lesson.

• Cousin Barry's personal pool.

• No parking at the public pool.

• Another slow day at the Woodlawn Community Pool.

• Meyers family lake toys.

• Jumping contest at Swanson Lake.

Non-Fiction (18)

• Tomb of the Unknowns and monuments.

• What impresses you about America?

• What would you show George Washington in America today?

• Abraham Lincoln's quote.

• President Grant's speeding ticket.

• Chester Arthur's 80 pants and midnight strolls.

• President Harrison's fear of light switches.

• The Oregon Trail.

• Pony Express challenges.

• Action at the Pony Express station.

• Describe where the Navajo live.

• Monument Valley, AZ.

• Living in a hogan.

• Navajo code talkers.

• Dr. Joseph Warren.

• Remembering Dr. Warren.

• The Minutemen.

• Molly Pitcher.

Reporting (22)

• Early morning balloon ride.

• Living on the tundra.

• Sarah rides a mule backwards.

• 12th Annual Funny Dog Show.

• Sweden's Ice Hotel.

• Ray's snow giants.

• Antarctica research station.

• Car phone.

• Wildland firefighters.

• Tour of California bike race.

• Cliff swallows return.

• Stormy day in Mountrail County.

• Jake & Lynn drive across America.

• Hot dog eating contest.

• Describing fireworks.

• Assemble a story.

• News reporter practice.

• Tomb of the Unknowns.

• The Liberty Memorial.

• WWII Memorial.

• Korean War Memorial.

• Vietnam War Memorial.

Respect & The Flag (5)

• Showing the flag.

• Flag folding.

• Memorial flags.

• Saluting the flag.

• Burning ceremony.

Historical - WWII (8)

• Dorie Miller.

• Torpedo Sqaudron 8.

• D-Day at Omaha Beach.

• Enola Gay.

• Battle of the Bulge.

• Bataan Death March.

• D-Day cemetery.

• Meaning of Veterans Day.

Abstract (6)

• Valentine's Day art contest.

• The latest gift rave.

• Choose a topic.

• What if there was no Valentine's Day?

• Is friendship a universal human trait?

• Should Valentine's Day be moved to another month?

5) 70 Spelling Lists (1,347 words)

1. address

2. amateur

3. people

4. advertising

5. bureau

6. audience

7. champion

8. century

9. collar

10. cashier

11. convince

12. courage

13. attendance

14. aren’t

15. imaginary

16. individual

17. immediately

18. mustache

19. mural

20. mustard

1. explanation

2. flammable

3. guidance

4. hastily

5. penalty

6. hopping

7. hoping

8. a lot

9. innocent

10. journey

11. language

12. knowledgeable

13. lighting

14. inferior

15. superior

16. fascinate

17. avenue

18. yogurt

19. sufficient

20. horrible

1. negotiate

2. miserable

3. laundry

4. recognize

5. pronunciation

6. message

7. jewelry

8. recipe

9. quite

10. practical

11. precisely

12. manufacture

13. lose

14. likeable

15. excellent

16. volume

17. loose

18. ladies

19. chronicle

20. breakthrough

1. foreign

2. finally

3. sincerely

4. grammar

5. business

6. illusion

7. medicine

8. weather

9. clothes

10. suffix

11. reputation

12. aspect

13. consultation

14. colony

15. commerce

16. comfortable

17. canteen

18. reversible

19. resignation

20. reservoir

1. their

2. there

3. they’re

4. know

5. until

6. another

7. clothes

8. you’re

9. people

10. believe

11. that’s

12. again

13. heard

14. received

15. coming

16. herd

17. wear

18. beautiful

19. frightened

20. references

1. argument

2. bulletin

3. calendar

4. divided

5. except

6. environment

7. generally

8. height

9. knowledge

10. loneliness

11. omitted

12. persuade

13. misspelled

14. quantity

15. separate

16. naturally

17. strength

18. village

19. tremendous

20. opinion

1. athletic

2. geography

3. thermometer

4. arithmetic

5. appreciate

6. circumference

7. agriculture

8. contraction

9. commotion

10. responsible

11. continent

12. enjoyable

13. invisible

14. prediction

15. hurricane

16. multiply

17. astronomer

18. numerator

19. mathematics

20. necessary

1. led

2. sore

3. birth

4. sole

5. mown

6. sight

7. soar

8. lead

9. cite

10. course

11. moan

12 .site

13. soul

14. berth

15. coarse

16. conscience

17. sympathetic

18. moral

19. threshold

20. evidently

1. hedge

2. siege

3. badge

4. engage

5. gadget

6. carriage

7. misjudge

8. legislature

9. emerged

10. ledge

11. religion

12. encourage

13. dodge

14. Egyptian

15. judgment

16. tomb

17. pharaoh

18. coffins

19. dramatically

20. bazaars

1. typical

2. idle

3. natural

4. council

5. official

6. mammals

7. article

8. spiral

9. nostrils

10. local

11. material

12. weasel

13. practical

14. pupil

15. occasional

16. tapering

17. waned

18. ingenious

19. canopy

20. pondered

1. college

2. loaves

3. crude

4. topple

5. located

6. excuse

7. throughout

8. onion

9. solar

10. shovel

11. evolved

12. stricken

13. complicated

14. refuse

15. stomach

16. lunar

17. existence

18. repetitive

19. timetable

20. fertile

1. admitted

2. including

3. preferred

4. developed

5. occurring

6. abandoned

7. argued

8. deposited

9. permitting

10. labored

11. accusing

12. omitted

13. canceling

14. improvised

15. bothering

16. hazard

17. ascents

18. vertical

19. rigid

20. specifically

1. subscribe

2. signature

3. description

4. sensation

5. script

6. signaling

7. verdict

8. inscribe

9. design

10. sensible

11. prescription

12. resignation

13. significant

14. sentimental

15. resent

16. rhythmically

17. grudged

18. truce

19. banister

20. porcelain

1. shoulder

2. mayor

3. bulldozer

4. episode

5. collar

6. professor

7. ancestor

8. deliver

9. conductor

10. announcer

11. governor

12. nourishment

13. janitor

14. familiar

15. foremost

16. compassion

17. betrayal

18. formal

19. subtle

20. potential

1. adrift

2. hurricane

3. sacrifice

4. screeched

5. howl

6. threatening

7. tropical

8. terrified

9. schooner

10. uprooted

11. fronds

12. squall

13. tribute

14. coral

15. struggled

16. unbearable

17. violence

18. priority

19. altitude

20. legacy

1. civilization

2. prediction

3. dictionary

4. education

5. infection

6. attention

7. collection

8. condition

9. connection

10. conversation

11. invitation

12. mention

13. motion

14. position

15. direction

16. ferocious

17. frustration

18. glazed

19. listless

20. makeshift

II. Intermediate Level (Second Trimester)

1. assignment

2. adequate

3. economy

4. dictionary

5. breakfast

6. entirely

7. ecological

8. temperature

9. vegetable

10. volunteer

11. vacuum

12. machinery

13. invitation

14. literature

15. magazine

16. politician

17. pronounce

18. manageable

19. tomorrow

20. hospitality

1. historical

2. neighbor

3. noticeable

4. obey

5. realize

6. proceed

7. phases

8. isolation

9. further

10. headache

11. obliterate

12. recognize

13. volunteer

14. stomach

15. Tuesday

16. lavender

17. scissors

18. route

19. Wednesday

20. isosceles

1. facilities

2. familiarity

3. feature

4. field

5. fiery

6. foliage

7. forcible

8. fountain

9. forth

10. freight

11. furthermore

12. fifty

13. foreign

14. finally

15. former

16. fragile

17. frighten

18. fourth

19. fundamental

20. fragile

1. benefited

2. breathe

3. breath

4. campaign

5. diversify

6. capacity

7. convenience

8. conference

9. daughter

10. circumstance

11. congratulate

12. condemn

13. correspond

14. creditor

15. crumb

16. customer

17. chief

18. compassion

19. closet

20. cocoa

1. appealing

2. overwhelmed

3. veterinary

4. remedy

5. appointment

6. protector

7. invalid

8. patiently

9. incessant

10. traveler

11. celestial

12. creative

13. treasure

14. argument

15. creative

16. buried

17. barbarian

18. ministry

19. unexpectedly

20. dependent

1. dairy

2. deceive

3. decorate

4. definition

5. description

6. diary

7. deteriorate

8. doubt

9. dollar

10. dough

11. economy

12. petroleum

13. engineering

14. surveyor

15. canned

16. divisible

17. distribute

18. exceed

19. pierce

20. discipline

1. alley

2. additional

3. anniversary

4. Antarctic

5. apologize

6. building

7. brilliant

8. blizzard

9. assume

10. themselves

11. cafeteria

12. cannon

13. certificate

14. census

15. column

16. controversy

17. commitment

18. beginning

19. beneath

20. ballot

1. portfolio

2. classified

3. estimate

4. sealing

5. supplies

6. furniture

7. inventory

8. fiasco

9. financial

10. ferocious

11. embarrassed

12. epidemic

13. edible

14. elementary

15. dialogue

16. dilemma

17. persuasion

18. perspective

19. pheasant

20. recuperate

1. opponent

2. primary

3. thoughtful

4. obedience

5. universal

6. loyalty

7. character

8. sincerity

9. society

10. influenced

11. lyrics

12. religion

13. relationship

14. daughter

15. controlled

16. believe

17. political

18. magnifying

19. diplomat

20. horizontal

1. apparatus

2. scenes

3. critical

4. imaginary

5. participation

6. examine

7. desperate

8. amiable

9. gorgeous

10. unforgivable

11. disobedience

12. elaborate

13. gigantic

14. relinquish

15. existence

16. materials

17. fatigue

18. luxury

19. preserved

20. receive

1. vulnerable

2. facet

3. nondescript

4. deviate

5. menace

6. infuriate

7. tenacity

8. abolish

9. monolith

10. Australia

11. electricity

12. conservation

13. wrinkle

14. physical

15. medium

16. solutions

17. conformity

18. appearance

19. medal

20. genuinely

1. Missouri

2. Mississippi

3. Connecticut

4. Minnesota

5. Louisiana

6. Tennessee

7. Virginia

8. Georgia

9. Arkansas

10. Illinois

11. Hawaii

12. Wyoming

13. Massachusetts

14. Delaware

15. Pennsylvania

16. Rhode Island

17. Colorado

18. New Hampshire

19. Alabama

20. California

1. cay

2. schooner

3. ballast

4. aft

5. calypso

6. roused

7. receded

8. honing

9. gabled

10. refinery

11. conniving

12. eerie

13. petrel

14. crevices

15. pontoon

16. mutiny

17. alabaster

18. lulled

19. squall

20. burrowed

1. encyclopedia

2. distinct

3. dissatisfied

4. catastrophe

5. cemetery

6. prairie

7. precious

8. repellent

9. deceive

10. similar

11. souvenir

12. dialogue

13. yacht

14. unique

15. surgeon

16. weird

17. flexible

18. diagram

19. jewelry

20. useable

1. achievement

2. accidentally

3. architect

4. university

5. bulletin

6. brochure

7. believable

8. cashier

9. controversy

10. continental

11. criticism

12. diagnosis

13. imitation

14. librarian

15. laboratory

16. kindergarten

17. gymnasium

18. partial

19. peculiar

20. tying

1. excel

2. technical

3. terrible

4. tomorrow

5. visible

6. villain

7. transferred

8. occasionally

9. interfere

10. gorgeous

11. grocery

12. brilliant

13. deceive

14. acquaintance

15. abundance

16. calendar

17. cancelled

18. governor

19. grammar

20. permanent

• Go to Wikipedia.org “List of Greek and Latin Roots in English”.

Find the meaning and give an example for each root word:

1. bibl =

2. auto =

3. corp =

4. don =

5. cycl =

6. deca =

7. derm =

8. dorm =

9. equi =

10. fila =

11. fin =

12. crat =

13. dent =

14. geo =

15. aud =

16. cred =

17. graph

18. man =

19. in =

20. thermo =

• Go to Wikipedia.org “List of Greek and Latin Roots in English”. Find the meaning and give an example for each root word:

1. grad =

2. hydro =

3. leg =

4. mania =

5. meter =

6. multi =

7. medi =

8. ortho =

9. ped =

10. sphere =

11. uni =

12. put =

13. scope =

14. phobia =

15. chron =

16. trans =

17. inter =

18. vac =

19. intra =

20. loc =

• Go to Wikipedia.org “List of Greek and Latin Roots in English”. Find the meaning and give an example for each root word:

1. ambi =

2. amphi =

3. anti =

4. ex =

5. epi =

6. hypo =

7. mono =

8. poly =

9. pre =

10. re =

11. post =

12. pseudo =

13. retro =

14. super =

15. phot =

16. ultra =

17. under =

18. par =

19. under =

20. paleo =

1. gentle

2. genius

3. grief

4. gruesome

5. guilty

6. happen

7. height

8. headache

9. hoarse

10. hygiene

11. hymn

12. icicle

13. imitation

14. illustrate

15. ingenious

16. identical

17. deplorable

18. hysterical

19. irrigation

20. intention

1. auditorium

2. audience

3. audible

4. incredible

5. incredulous

6. manual

7. fabrication

8. manuscript

9. manipulate

10. pedal

11. pedestrian

12. inability

13. impatient

14. illegible

15. intercept

16. evacuate

17. chronological

18. synchronize

19. chronic

20. thermos

1. allocate

2. genius

3. grief

4. gruesome

5. guilty

6. height

7. nuisance

8. hoarse

9. sanitation

10. chorus

11. imitation

12. indistinguishable

13. intention

14. prolific

15. referred

16. rigorous

17. sweltering

18. sympathetic

19. apathetic

20. deplorable

1. evidence

2. elaborate

3. either

4. efficiency

5. elegant

6. equipped

7. encouraged

8. emphasize

9. edition

10. enclose

11. escaped

12. expression

13. familiarity

14. faucet

15. February

16. foliage

17. famous

18. fierce

19. fortify

20. fulfill

1. discipline

2. senate

3. communication

4. responsible

5. disobedience

6. gardener

7. preferable

8. opposition

9. strategy

10. comedy

11. barracks

12. transportation

13. challenge

14. sequence

15. balloon

16. misspelled

17. frequently

18. automatically

19. assistance

20. diploma

1. indifference – lack of concern (n)

2. luminous – giving off light (adj)

3. oppressive – causing great discomfort (adj)

4. beckoned – summoned by a gesture (v)

5. honed – sharpened (v)

6. impending – about to happen (adj)

7. hostile – unfriendly (adj)

8. solitary – alone, solo (adj)

9. ominous – threatening (adj)

10. resentment – feeling of bitter hurt (n)

11. lagoon – shallow body of water (n)

12. mock – ridicule, make fun of (v)

1. imperative – absolutely necessary (adj)

2. formidable – difficult, complicated (adj)

3. dorsal – on or near the back (adj)

4. succulent – juicy (adj)

5. nimbly – moving quickly and lightly (adv)

6. durable – lasting (adj)

7. majestic – grand, dignified (adj)

8. multitude – crowd (n)

9. elation – feeling of joy (n)

10. perilous – dangerous (adj)

11. dappled – spotted (adj)

12. prodigious – enormous (adj)

1. apprehension – anxious feeling of dread (n)

2. fertile – fruitful (n)

3. plateau – mesa (n)

4. alien – strange, foreign (adj)

5. grotesque – bizarre, strange (adj)

6. exertion – effort (n)

7. taboo – forbidden (n)

8. sustenance – food (n)

9. deftly – skillfully (adv)

10. famished – hungry (adj)

11. premonition – warning in advance (n)

12. inevitable – bound to happen (adj)

1. hoarsely – huskily (adv)

2. scrambled – climb hastily (v)

3. wrinkled – creased (v)

4. worshiped – honored (v)

5. despised – disliked (v)

6. strolled – walked leisurely (v)

7. crouched – stooped (v)

8. obediently – dutifully (adv)

9. puny – weak, small (adj)

10. squashed – crushed (adj)

11. recklessly – carelessly (adv)

12. comfortably – cozily (adv)

13. conceited – arrogant (adj)

14. enthusiasm – eager interest (n)

III. More Challenging (Third Trimester)

1. miserably – unhappily (adv)

2. collapsed – fallen (adj)

3. mumbled – murmured (v)

4. awkwardly – clumsily (adv)

5. solemn – serious (adj)

6. imitated – copied (v)

7. slithering – slipping, sliding (adj)

8. annoyance – bother (n)

9. gorgeous – beautiful (adj)

10. nudged – poked (v)

11. vigorously – actively (adv)

12. pandemonium – uproar (n)

13. stronghold – fortified place (n)

14. impatience – eagerness (n)

1. brilliance – sparkle (n)

2. weird – strange (adj)

3. reluctant – unwilling (adj)

4. easily – without trouble (adv)

5. embarrassed – rattled (adj)

6. nuisance – bother (n)

7. awesome – grand (adj)

8. spectacle – scene, exhibition (n)

9. scrawny – thin (adj)

10. gracefully – elegantly (adv)

11. immediately – at once (adv)

12. smirked – grinned, sneered (v)

13. sporadically – occasionally (adv)

14. garbled – confused (v)

1. vertebrates

2. cartilage

3. segmented

4. inconceivable

5. federation

6. retrieve

7. ancestor

8. monarchy

9. democracy

10. tyranny

11. circulation

12. communication

13. butterflies

14. predators

15. prey

16. opportunities

17. kidneys

18. patiently

19. approachable

20. frugal

1. replicated

2. respiration

3. occurred

4. genetically

5. traits

6. metamorphosis

7. duplicate

8. reception

9. regulation

10. elimination

11. exhaling

12. omnivores

13. amphibians

14. herbivores

15. gizzard

16. digestive

17. muscles

18. poisonous

19. skeleton

20. pear

1. vein

2. nutrients

3. diagram

4. succession

5. fertilizer

6. altogether

7. protein

8. receivable

9. seize

10. disingenuous

11. souvenir

12. satisfactory

13. resistance

14. sprinkle

15. reign

16. sufficient

17. separate

18. religious

19. easily

20. principles

1. weighing

2. wreckage

3. peculiar

4. visible

5. thief

6. voluntary

7. theater

8. tournament

9. tragedy

10. typical

11. official

12. preferable

13. guarantee

14. extension

15. extremely

16. humorous

17. jealousy

18. withering

19. apostrophe

20. alliteration

1. discipline

2. senate

3. communication

4. responsible

5. disobedience

6. gardener

7. desirable

8. opposition

9. strategy

10. comedy

11. barracks

12. sequence

13. diploma

14. frequently

15. automatically

16. assistance

17. tally

18. belligerent

19. foyer

20. contribution

1. temperate

2. sanctuary

3. osmosis

4. diffusion

5. tyranny

6. oligarchy

7. cartel

8. carnivorous

9. edible

10. minimize

11. barter

12. rhythm

13. siege

14. quarrel

15. curious

16. ancient

17. collaboration

18. assembly

19. cancelled

20. temperamental

1. omnipotent

2. encyclopedia

3. pungent

4. temporary

5. placid

6. sinister

7. antagonist

8. sarcastic

9. palace

10. properties

11. vocabulary

12. lunar

13. copyright

14. racing

15. uncontrollable

16. privilege

17. refrigerator

18. anxiously

19. suspiciously

20. liniment

1. tingling

2. blossoms

3. reassuring

4. spectacles

5. freckles

6. dignified

7. centaur

8. serenely

9. tremendous

10. surrounded

11. fashionable

12. crystalized

13. replaceable

14. impeccable

15. nonchalant

16. vector

17. fungicide

18. brokerage

19. agitated

20. reminiscence

1. adaptation

2. shortage

3. organism

4. nutrients

5. mechanical

6. competition

7. disease

8. aspirin

9. damaging

10. herbicide

11. autumn

12. continuous

13. squirrel

14. schedule

15. articulate

16. kernel

17. colonel

18. philosophy

19. kinetic

20. immobile

1. weary

2. well-mannered

3. witty

4. yielding

5. zany

6. obnoxious

7. superior

8. metaphor

9. hyperbole

10. extravagant

11. Paleolithic

12. submersible

13. rotunda

14. seamless

15. synthetic

16. refurbish

17. disruption

18. textured

19. abundant

20. chaperone

1. spontaneous

2. stern

3. strong-minded

4. submissive

5. sturdy

6. surefooted

7. sympathetic

8. taunting

9. tenacious

10. thorough

11. cautious

12. tolerant

13. trustworthy

14. conventional

15. unflappable

16. unruly

17. verbal

18. versatile

19. visionary

20. irreplaceable

1. quick-witted

2. unobtrusive

3. realistic

4. rebellious

5. reliable

6. resourcefulness

7. responsibility

8. scheming

9. scatterbrained

10. reverent

11. scientifically

12. secretive

13. self-controlled

14. selfless

15. self-reliant

16. sensible

17. skittish

18. slovenly

19. sociable

20. ultimatum

1. motivated

2. musical

3. negligent

4. obliging

5. obstinate

6. open-minded

7. oppressive

8. optimistic

9. persuasive

10. pessimistic

11. rehearsal

12. practical

13. prankish

14. precisely

15. prejudiced

16. procrastinating

17. protective

18. prudently

19. puzzled

20. portable

• Words to Describe Characters:

1. adventurous

2. contrary

3. fair

4. idealistic

5. agile

6. cooperative

7. faultfinding

8. imaginative

9. aimless

10. cordial

11. feisty

12. impolite

13. alert

14. courageous

15. fickle

16. impulsive

17. ambidextrous

18. courteous

19. fidgety

20. inconsistent

• Words to Describe Characters:

1. amicable

2. creative

3. firm

4. incredulous

5. amusing

6. critical

7. flexible

8. independent

9. antagonistic

10. crotchety

11. flighty

12. indifferent

13. anxious

14. crude

15. forgetful

16. individualistic

17. arrogant

18. cunning

19. forgiving

20. industrious

• Words to Describe Characters:

1. artistic

2. curious

3. frank

4. insightful

5. astute

6. intelligent

7. athletic

8. decisive

9. frivolous

10. ingenious

11. awkward

12. defensive

13. frustrated

14. insecure

15. demanding

16. fussy

17. insincere

18. bad-tempered

19. dependable

20. instigating

• Words to Describe Characters:

1. balky

2. dependent

3. generous

4. interesting

5. bashful

6. determined

7. gentle

8. interfering

9. benevolent

10. dictatorial

11. good-natured

12. introverted

13. blunt

14. diplomatic

15. graceful

16. inventive

17. boastful

18. disobedient

19. gritty

20. irate

• Words to Describe Characters:

1. boisterous

2. docile

3. gruff

4. bold

5. drifting

6. gullible

7. jovial

8. calm

9. earnest

10. handsome

11. candid

12. easy-going

13. handy

14. careless

15. eccentric

16. happy-go-lucky

17. efficient

18. charming

19. egotistic

20. haughty

• Words to Describe Characters:

1. egotistical

2. headstrong

3. literary

4. cliquish

5. eloquent

6. logical

7. emotional

8. lovable

9. compact

10. empathetic

11. high-strung

12. loyal

13. compassionate

14. energetic

15. competent

16. enormous

17. hopeful

18. competitive

19. enthusiastic

20. hostile

Words to Describe Characters:

1. mechanical

2. conceited

3. erratic

4. hotheaded

5. meddling

6. concerned

7. evasive

8. humane

9. merciful

10. confident

11. extravagant

12. humble

13. methodical

14. confiding

15. extroverted

16. humorous

17. miserly

18. contented

19. exuberant

20. modest

• Multiple meanings. Write both definitions:

1. park =

2. fall =

3. stand =

4. horn =

5. store =

6. spring =

7. rock =

8. scrap =

9. watch =

10. pants =

11. train =

12. trunk =

13. kind =

14. lie =

15. match =

16. seal =

17. ball =

18. stunt =

19. tire =

20. riddle =

• Multiple meanings. Write both definitions:

1. grave =

2. address =

3. hound =

4. calf =

5. board =

6. fan =

7. harbor =

8. ground =

9. jar =

10. state =

11. right =

12. pound =

13. trip =

14. hip =

15. groom =

• Write a short definition and then an example sentence for each.

1. smash =

2. explore =

3. peat bog =

4. swamps =

5. raw =

6. otter =

7. reef =

8. waste =

9. desert =

10. air =

11. backyard =

12. roam =

13. reed =

14. yam =

• Write a synonym and antonym for each word.

1. anywhere =

2. airplane =

3. anything =

4. downtown =

5. doorway =

6. doorbell =

7. grownup =

8. goldfish =

9. birdhouse =

10. birthday =

11. cardboard =

12. downstairs =

13. flashlight =

14. inside =

15. moonlight =

16. pancake =

17. storybook =

18. wildlife =

19. waterfall =

20. sidewalk =

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