Vocabulary activity for Chapters 27-28 of Farmer Boy 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.
He petted the yearlings (when sometimes he wanted to hit them) and he fed them carrots and talked to them _____.
soothingly
spoil
stammer
Father said, "You _____ a team if you let them seesaw."
plunge
soothe
spoil
They snorted and _____ and plunged, and the sled was sinking under the snow.
skinflinted
figured
floundered
They snorted and floundered and _____ and the sled was sinking under the snow.
stammered
entitled
plunged
"You can read and write and spell," Father said slowly. "But can you _____?"
oblige
figure
skinflint
"You measly _____!" Mr. Paddock said.
stammer
skinflint
flounder
Almanzo was so excited he _____.
stammered
figured
floundered
The bills were _____ tight in his hand.
obliged
figured
clutched
"But it struck me that giving up cash is what hurts him most. And I figure the boy's _____ to it."
entitled
soothed
clutched
"And I'm much _____ to you, Paddock, standing up for the boy the way you did," Father said.