Instinctively Helping the Birds: A Vocabulary Practice Collection

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Birds _____ feed their young in the nest. • decades • rafters • instinctively • decrease

Home Run instinctively– adverb – of or relating to a natural tendency

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Our class made a list of ways to _____ pollution in our state. • instinctively • decrease • swiveled • shakily

Home Run decrease– verb – to lessen or reduce

The principal ____ around in her chair when she heard me enter her office. • rafters • instinctively • decrease • swiveled

Home Run swiveled– verb – turned something on a base

The little boy _______ picked up the heavy box. • decrease • swiveled • shakily • dilapidated

Home Run shakily– adverb – moving quickly to and fro, up and down, side to side

Everyone on our street decided to help paint the ____ old house on the corner. • shakily • dilapidated • auction • decades

Home Run dilapidated– adjective– fallen into ruin or decay

My brother bid fifty dollars for a Babe Ruth baseball card at an ________. • swiveled • shakily • dilapidated • auction

Home Run auction – noun – a public sale a which property or possessions are sold to the highest bidder

At my grandmother’s party, she told stories that spanned the eight ______ of her life. • swiveled • decades • dilapidated • auction

Home Run decades– noun, plural– periods of ten years

Termites caused a lot of damage to the ______ in our house. • dilapidated • auction • decades • rafters

Home Run rafters– noun, plural – the sloping beams that support a roof

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