Question

vocabulary assessment for chapters 4-7
choose the best word to complete each sentence below. you will not use all of the words.

1. my dog ran away, so i began ______ to him by clapping and waving my hands.
2. she had to ______ all of her remaining energy to make it through the last part of the race.
3. he ______ put together the 1,000 piece puzzle only to realize that he was missing a piece at the end!
4. getting astronauts ready to fly into space is a difficult ______ and requires many people working together to make it happen.
5. unfortunately, the man ______ his eyebrows when he opened the barbeque grill too quickly and flames came out.

when our home is in a ______ condition, we work together to make it organized and tidy.
as people age, their thoughts can often become ______, and they have a hard time being understood.
the chef was using unusual ingredients, and the ______ odor made us curious about what she was cooking.
due to the loud and rowdy crowd, the announcer’s voice became ______ for those of us who were at the back of the room.

word bank (some words may be crossed out or used): disorderly, summon, enterprise, singed, immense, incomprehensible, beckoning, gruff, muddled, pungent, defiant, painstakingly

Explanation:

1. For sentence 2: The context requires a verb meaning to gather/bring forth energy, so "summon" fits.
2. For sentence 3: The action of assembling a 1000-piece puzzle carefully matches the adverb "painstakingly".
3. For sentence 9: The crowd noise made the announcer's voice impossible to understand, so "incomprehensible" is correct.

Answer:

1. summon
2. painstakingly
3. incomprehensible