1. 5 TH GRADE NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY Please Come to Dinner & The Monkey, The Mice, and the Cheese Vocabulary Practice

2. Greedy Adjective Wanting more than you need; extreme selfishness The man was being greedy because he would not share his food with anyone!

3. Manners Noun The ways in which someone acts or behaves The bear showed good manners by sharing his crayons.

4. Fading Verb Losing color and freshness; to gradually become weaker The jean jacket began fading and was showing signs of being old and worn after many years of use.

5. Replied Verb To have given an answer or response We replied yes to the invite using the R.S.V.P card.

6. Remove Verb To take something away Mrs. Van Dyke has to remove the furniture from her computer room to make way for the new baby’s room.

7. Circumstances Noun The facts and or conditions connected to an event The circumstances of Hurricane Sandy left New Jersey with some serious damage.

8. Mumbled Verb Spoken quietly and unclearly The boy mumbled sooo often that his mom made him take public speaking classes to practice his public speech.

9. Transported Verb Moved from one place to another The family was transported to China by an airplane for their Christmas Vacation.

10. Trophy Noun A prize or award of some kind The girl who won first place also got the biggest trophy!

11. Objected Verb Disagreed with; against something The lawyer objected in the courtroom when he thought something was being done unfairly.

12. Ruined Verb Spoiled or destroyed The grass stains ruined the clothing!

13. limb Noun A part of the body used in moving or grasping (arms and legs) The man broke every single limb in his motorcycle accident and was in a full body cast!

14. Excuse Verb To give someone permission not to do something My coach will excuse me from practice today because I am at home sick in bed.

15. Sank Verb To have moved downward slowly The Titanic sank after hitting the iceberg.

16. Instant Adjective Happening right away When the boy began to study harder his higher grades reflected instant results!

17. Suddenly Adverb Happening without warning; happening quickly or abruptly The man in the costume leaped suddenly out from behind the tree and scared me!

18. Covered Verb To put something over something else Snow covered the grounds as we traveled farther north.

19. Argue Verb To disagree with someone through verbal expression The family and friends began to argue over who would get the last slice of pizza.

20. Crawled Verb Moved on your hands and knees The baby crawled quickly across the room to reach the toy.

21. Divide Verb To split into parts Our teacher divided us into two groups for the class project.