- The United States flag has one star for each state. There are now fifty stars and fifty states. If another state is admitted, the flag will get another
Your answer:
star.
pole.
stripe.
state.
- This jigsaw puzzle was too hard for Joyce. She decided that it
Your answer:
was too small.
was for younger children.
had too many corners.
had too many pieces.
- In early times, people were given names corresponding to their work. Today, many of our common names are derived from earlier names: Clark came from clerk, Wright from wheelwright, and Smith from
Your answer:
blacksmith.
hoemaker.
carpenter.
wheelwright.
- I helped prepare our dinner today. I washed the lettuce and peeled the
Your answer:
potatoes.
peas.
roast.
strawberries.
- A large section of North America once became a "dust bowl" because for several years there had been no
Your answer:
farming.
money.
sunshine.
rain.
- The score was tied 0-0 in the last quarter when Jason took the ball the full length of the field for a goal. Everyone shouted and cheered. To his teammates he was a
Your answer:
hero.
fullback.
rascal.
player.
- Oscar was angry when he could not find his swimsuit, for he had been looking forward to going
Your answer:
fishing.
hiking.
camping.
swimming.
- The pioneer woman in the American West knew what to do when she wanted to use a gun. She would put some powder into the muzzle of the gun, followed by a round musket ball. Then the gun would be
Your answer:
opened.
handled.
loaded.
empty.
- Thanksgiving Day in the United States is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. This day can fall on any date from the twenty-second to the twenty-eighth. In order to find the exact date of Thanksgiving in any year, you should refer to a
Your answer:
schedule.
U.S. newspaper.
dictionary.
U.S. calendar.
- The grasshopper has six legs. The spider has eight. Insects always have six legs. So the spider is not
Your answer:
an insect.
a person.
a plant.
a bird.