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Date

Raymond’s Run

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Vocabulary Practice clutch

A. 

crouch

liable

prodigy

relay

sidekick

Directions:  Write the word from the box that best completes each sentence.

1. At

the start of a race, the runners hands on the ground in front of them.

down and place both

2. The

soloist was a who had been performing with wellknown orchestras since the age of ten. water was so rough that she had to small boat to keep from falling overboard.

Raymond’s Run

3. The 4. If

you don’t step carefully, you are

5. Josie has 6. Usually

a

the sides of the to slip and fall.

who follows everywhere she goes.

the best runner on the team is asked to run last in a

race. Directions:  Answer each question by writing one of the words from the box in the blank.

1. What

is a synonym for grasp?

2. What

is another word for buddy or pal?

3. How

would you describe a person who has exceptional talent?

4. What

type of race uses several members, each of whom finishes a part of the race?

5. What

does a cat do before it leaps?

6. Which

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word means the same as likely?

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