Vocabulary Practice

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How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning

• Vocabulary Practice

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The coach ______ the team they could win, and
they did.

1. convinced
2. handy
3. whirlwind
4. mischief

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• convinced verb caused a person to believer or
  do something

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Riding the Ferris wheel makes me ______.

1. whirlwind
2. mischief
3. hilarious
4. dizzy

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• dizzy adjective having the feeling of
  spinning and being about to fall

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Its amazing how many times a dictionary can come
in ______.

1. nowadays
2. independence
3. convinced
4. handy

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• handy adjective within reach, nearby, easy to
  use come in handy

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. Keisha tells _______ jokes.

1. handy
2. whirlwind
3. mischief
4. hilarious

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• hilarious adjective very funny

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America gained its ________ from Great Britain.

1. mischief
2. independence
3. dizzy
4. nowadays

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• independence noun freedom from the control of
  another or others

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The kittens were always getting into ________
when we werent home.

1. predators
2. dizzy
3. mischief
4. independence

Ben Franklin publisher of Poor Richards Almanac
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• mischief noun conduct that may seem playful
  but causes harm or trouble

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People hardly ever write with typewriters
________.

1. dizzy
2. nowadays
3. independence
4. convinced

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• nowadays adverb in the present time

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She moved quickly about the apartment, packing
like a _______.

1. independence
2. convinced
3. handy
4. whirlwind

Ben Franklin at the France Court of King Louis XIV
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• whirlwind noun a whirling current of air that
  moves forward with great force anything
  resembling a whirlwind

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