Vocabulary activity for Chapter 1-2 of On the Banks of Plum Creek 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 had trotted all the way from the little house in Indian _____."
Territory
Bank
Manger
"Everywhere else the prairie grasses were _____ far away to the sky's straight edge."
glistening
prickling
rippling
"He looked at the _____, Pet and Patty."
mustangs
sods
slinks
"The path went across short sunny grass, to the edge of the _____."
stovepipe
prickle
bank
"Down below it was the creek, rippling and _____ in the sunshine."
smarting
taming
glistening
"One behind the other, they _____ over the edge of that bank, down out of sight."
bowed
glistened
slunk
"We've never had to live in a _____ yet."
manger
dugout
bank
"Early in the morning Pa helped Mr. Hanson move the wagon _____ and cover onto Mr. Hanson's wagon."
bows
stovepipes
ripples
"Her eyes _____ and her throat ached."
smarted
banked
tamed
"They went away _____, not knowing that they were never coming back."
tamely
slinkly
gaily
"The earth walls had been smoothed and _____."
whitewashed
rippled
glistened
"He had cut long strips of prairie _____ and laid them on top of one another, to make the front wall."
sod
mustangs
banks
"I've found the _____ hole!"
smart
manger
stovepipe
"The path went across it to a little spring, where cold, clear water fell into a tiny pool and then ran _____ to the creek."
trickling
prickling
taming
"Laura stayed outside the stable while Pa tied them to the _____."
slink
bank
manger
"It is all so _____ and peaceful."
manger
sod
tame
"The sky was light gray and stars _____ through it."