Vocabulary activity for Chapter 7-8 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.
"In the mornings they ran through the dewy chill grass that wet their feet and _____ the hems of their dresses."
dabbled
chaffed
steered
"The everyday sun shone over the prairie grasses where thousands of birds were flying and _____."
twittering
burrowing
stubbling
"They came _____ and pawing, and when they reached the big rock they did not go by."
steering
threshing
bellowing
"Then she and Laura laughed because it was funny to live in a house where a _____ could step through the roof."
burrow
plow
steer
"He sharpened the long, dangerous _____ that little girls must never touch."
plow
scythe
yoke
"He _____ Pete and Bright to the wagon."
plowed
burrowed
yoked
"But he was glad because when the hay was stacked he could _____" the land.
bellow
plow
steer
"But he was glad because when the hay was stacked he could plow that _____ land."
stubble
burrow
twitter
"One morning at daylight three strange men came with a _____."
threshing-machine
dabble
earnest
"Laura heard the harsh machinery noises while she drove Spot through the dewy grass, and when the sun rose _____ flew golden in the wind."
chaff
stubble
earnest
"'We won't, Pa,' Laura said, _____, and Mary said, 'No, Pa, we won't.'"
earnestly
twitterly
burrowly
"Laura _____ her face in it, shutting her eyes and smelling deeper and deeper."