Words-Using the Context Year 3-4
Unit 1
Lucy is a building shaped like an elephant. It is on the beach
in Margate, New Jersey. Visitors can walk up the elephant's
leg, through its (1) ______________and into its head. Its
eyes are windows through which people can (2) ________out
over the ocean.
1. (A) hands (B) fancy (C) stomach (D) hump
2.(A) wait (B) look (C) pick (D) sleep
An animal called the llama has a nasty habit. If you bother the
animal, it will spit at you. The llama can (3) _____________its
mark from far away. So keep your (4) ____________!
3.(A) hit (B) miss (C) hold (D) stop
4.(A) dog (B) distance (C) feet (D) dinner
Early sailors did not have modern tools to help them steer. They
used the stars to help them (5) _____________in the right (6)
_______________. They always looked for the North Star to guide
them.
5.(A) swim (B) sail (C) eat (D) drive
6.(A) ocean (B) country (C) river (D) direction
Words-Using the Context Year 3-4
Plants and trees cannot move around, but their seeds can travel.
Most seeds weigh very little. They can (7)
______________from place to place on water or through the
(8)____________.
7. (A) grow (B) sink (C) sing (D) move
8.(A) earth (B) air (C) television (D) plant
Animals have dreams just as you do. They toss and turn in their
sleep and even make noises. Dogs often bark. Perhaps they
dream that they are(9) _____________ a rabbit across a (10)
_________.
9.(A) chasing (B) telling (C) giving (D) ring
10.(A) field (B) bail (C) side (D) boat
The back part of the elbow is called the “funny bone.” It is not
really a bone but a nerve. When we strike it against something,
we find it is not so (11) _____________ after all. It hurts. The
funny bone is (12) _____________ named.
11.(A) soon (B) late (C) fast (D) funny
12.(A) badly (B) well (C) happily (D) best
The Great Salt Lake is truly salty. The lake is five times as
salty as the ocean. In each quart of (13) _____________ from
the lake there is one full cup of (14)_____________.
13.(A) bugs (B) ice (C) oil (D) water
14.(A) sand (B) tea (C) salt (D) oil
Words-Using the Context Year 3-4
Just as a raincoat protects you from the rain, your skin
helps protect you from danger. It keeps (15) _____________
from getting inside your body to cause disease. It
also(16)_____________ new skin cells to cover over wounds
and cuts.
15.(A) water (B) soil (C) medicine (D) germs
16.(A) grows (B) kills (C) hides (D) paints
Many people think that an elephant drinks water through its
trunk. This is not true. It uses its (17) _____________ to carry
up the water. Then the water is squirted into its (18)_______.
17.(A) coat (B) ears (C) trunk (D) eyes
18.(A) tree (B) mouth (C) barn (D) river
When the rain falls, the streets of cities are dotted with circles
of color. People hurry along under green, brown, blue, red,
yellow, and black(19)_____________. These people know how
to keep (20) _____________ in rainy weather.
19.(A) crayons (B) balloons (C) umbrellas (D) clocks
20.(A) cool (B) awake (C) alive (D) dry
Words-Using the Context Year 3-4
Unit 2
Mammals have fur on their bodies, and birds have(l)___________. Both kinds of covering offer protection
from the cold. The coverings keep (2)_________from escaping from the animal's body.
1.(A) claws (B) beaks (C) feathers (D)songs
2.(A) heat (B) food (C) blood (D) flies
An elephant can pull a tree right out of the ground. It wraps its trunk around the tree and gives
a(3)_________.Within a few minutes the tree is no longer(4)_____________.
3.(A) smile (B) call (C) talk (D) tug
4.(A) resting (B)walking (C) showing (D) standing
Boats often carry more people across rivers than bridges do. On bridges(5)_________may get backed up for
hours. A boat can take a crowd of people across a river in about five(6)___________.
5.(A) water (B) traffic (C) planes (D) rails
6.(A)minutes (B) cents (C) dollar (D)fingers
Fish, unlike people, never stop growing. Fish in old age, of course, do not grow as fast as they did
when(7)__________.But fish keep getting larger as longas they(8)____________.
7.(A) clean (B) kittens (C)young (D)swimming
8.(A) walk (B) paint (C) move (D) live
Can you tell which end of a worm is the front? Look for a wide white band around its(9)_________.The end
with the band around it is the head. Now you know which(10)__________is which.
9.(A) ground (B) body (C) moon (D) finger
10.(A)end (B) tree (C) leg (D)rock
