Vocabulary Practice

1. How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning Vocabulary Practice

2. Bifocals The coach ______ the team they could win, and they did. • convinced • handy • whirlwind • mischief

3. That is Correct convinced – verb – caused a person to believer or do something

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5. Franklin Stove Riding the Ferris wheel makes me ______. • whirlwind • mischief • hilarious • dizzy

6. That is Correct dizzy – adjective – having the feeling of spinning and being about to fall

7. Franklin’s kite experiment It’s amazing how many times a dictionary can come in ______. • nowadays • independence • convinced • handy

8. That is Correct handy – adjective– within reach, nearby, easy to use; come in handy

9. Lightning Rod . Keisha tells _______ jokes. • handy • whirlwind • mischief • hilarious

10. That is Correct hilarious – adjective – very funny

11. Map of the Gulf Stream by Ben Franklin America gained its ________ from Great Britain. • mischief • independence • dizzy • nowadays

12. That is Correct independence – noun – freedom from the control of another or others

13. The kittens were always getting into ________ when we weren’t home. • predators • dizzy • mischief • independence Ben Franklin publisher of Poor Richard’s Almanac

14. That is Correct mischief – noun – conduct that may seem playful but causes harm or trouble

15. People hardly ever write with typewriters ________. • dizzy • nowadays • independence • convinced

16. That is Correct nowadays – adverb– in the present time

17. She moved quickly about the apartment, packing like a _______. • independence • convinced • handy • whirlwind Ben Franklin at the France Court of King Louis XIV

18. That is Correct whirlwind – noun – a whirling current of air that moves forward with great force; anything resembling a whirlwind

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