Practice with Vocabulary for Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

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1. What does pang mean in the following sentence?

For just a second she felt a pang of sadness.

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2. Give a synonym for hidden away as it is used in the following sentence.

She had a suitcase hidden away in the boathouse, just in case this ever happened.

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3. Antonyms of the word excessive include reasonable, fair, or modest. Which of the following is a synonym of excessive?

a.  greedy
b.  cheap
c.  generous
d.  extreme

4. Choose the best word to complete the sentence from the vocabulary list above.

"But remember, stay off the grass. No running on the blacktop. No eating. And no __________shouting."

5. Which word can replace the words wreck in the following sentence? Use a word  from the list above.

 Miss Nogard sadly shook her head. "I am very disappointed in you," she said. "Not only did you wreck the dictionary. But then you lied about it."
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6. Complete the following analogy:

Big is to little as quiet is to _________.

big : little :: quiet : ____________.

7.   Early in the morning a white ________ drove up to Wayside School.

a.  wail
b.  pang
c.  limousine
d.  stash

8. Which is the correct form of well - wail - whale in each sentence below:
   1. The fishermen saw a large _________ dive in the ocean.
   2. Mary went to the ________ to get water.
   3. The baby let out a large __________ when he was hungry.
       

9. Complete the word web.

10. Choose the best word from the list above to complete the sentence.

She usually had a pleasant ________________.