Vocabulary activity for Chapter 11-12 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.
"The lower the sun sent, the more _____ Jack's ears were."
attentive
sober
parched
"Then he looked up at Laura and a _____ went from his neck to his stubby tail."
waggle
pshaw
flash
"Then the wagon, Ma, and Carrie _____ by."
waggled
parched
flashed
"He held on to the _____ and looked at Ma."
harrow
bedstead
wagon box
"'_____!' said Pa. 'It was good old Pete.'"
flash
pshaw
waggle
"Pa said it was _____ candy."
dumpling
sober
horehound
"She was not _____; she was only saying what she thought."
waggling
contradicting
attending
"They _____ nibbled in the whole grass blade, till the tip of it went into them and was gone."
swiftly
harrowly
soberly
"But she made _____ in the gravy."
dumpling
waggles
flashes
"At the first Thanksgiving dinner the poor Pilgrims had nothing to eat but three _____ grains of corn."
parched
queer
horehound
"'But Pete and Bright are too slow for _____ and harvesting.'"
harrowing
dumpling
wagoning
"Pa had made the _____ that high, on purpose."
wagon box
bedstead
contradict
"Laura felt _____. Horses were everyday; they were not Christmas."
attentive
queer
pshaw
"Laura and Mary _____ undressed and _____ buttoned up their nightgowns and tied their nightcap strings."