Vocabulary activity for Chapter 8 of Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
The floor was made of wide, thick slabs that Grandpa had _____ from the logs with his ax.
sawed
whittled
hewed
The whole house smelled good, with the sweet and spicy smells from the kitchen, the smell of hickory logs burning with clear, bright flames in the fireplace, and the smell of a _____ beside Grandma's mending basket on the table.
potpourri pot
incense
clove apple
They steadied the buckets with their hands, but the weight hung from the _____ on their shoulders.
handles
yokes
straps
He was big and broad and he walked with a _____.
limp
swagger
cane
When supper was over, Uncle George went outside the door and blew his army _____, long and loud.
trumpet
bugle
horn
They parted it from their foreheads to the _____ of their necks and then they parted it across from ear to ear.
top
back
napes
Aunt Docia pulled as hard as she could on Aunt Ruby's _____ strings, and then Aunt Docia hung on to the foot of the bed while Aunt Ruby pulled on hers.
bodice
apron
corset
Aunt Docia's dress was a _____ print, dark blue, with sprigs of red flowers and green leaves thick upon it.
paisley
gingham
sprigged
The skirt ruffled and _____ and draped and trimmed with knots of dark green ribbon, and nestling at her throat was a gold pin.
laced
tucked
flounced
Suddenly Uncle George did a _____, and bowing low before Grandma he began to jig.
bow
curtsey
pigeonwing
She put her hands on her hips and faced Uncle George, and everybody shouted. Grandma was _____.