Worksheet 4

Enter into the box on the left, the letter of the correct match on the right.
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Definition
   1. disapproving facial expression
   2. uprooted
   3. shattered, smashed
   4. seriously, in a sober manner
   5. to butt in or intrude
   6. hurried and confused
   7. lounging around or resting
   8. mistrustingly or doubtfully
Vocabulary Word
a. interfere
b. grimace
c. suspiciously
d. collapsed
e. lolling
f. solemnly
g. deracinated
h. helter-skelter

Word Study:  Onomatopoeia*

When the sound of a word imitates its meaning, it is called "onomatopoeis". For example:

hissing sizzling swished
Fill in the following sentences using one of the words above:

   9. The worm was in the frying pan.
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   10. We could hear the snake in the grass.
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   11. He the last bite round and round in the ketchup and mustard.
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Fill in the next group of sentences with words that sound like their meaning.

   12. A bee above the flowered.
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   13. The bell made a loud when it fell on the stone floor.
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   14. The cat because it was hungry.
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   15. The worm felt under her bare feet.
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*These activity was taken from Novel-Ties How to Eat Fried Worms A Study Guide written by Dr. Alice Sheff, page 12