Word Recognition Quizzes for Year 3 English Students

Question 1

What is the name of a baby horse?

Accepted Answer

foal

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colt

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mare

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stallion

Question 2

What does the word 'enormous' mean?

Accepted Answer

very large

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very small

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very heavy

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very light

Question 3

Which of the following is a noun?

Accepted Answer

house

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quickly

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slowly

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and

Question 4

What part of speech is the word 'beautiful'?

Accepted Answer

adjective

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verb

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noun

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adverb

Question 5

What part of speech is the word 'quickly'?

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adverb

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adjective

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verb

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noun

Question 6

What word describes something that is slightly wet?

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Damp

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Soaking

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Dry

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Flooded

Question 7

What does the word 'under' mean?

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Below

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Above

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Beside

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Behind

Question 8

Which part of the word 'unhappy' means 'not'?

Accepted Answer

Un

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Happy

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Dis

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Re

Question 9

Which word is made up of two smaller words?

Accepted Answer

Raincoat

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Cat

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Dog

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Butterfly

Question 10

What does the phrase 'over the moon' mean?

Accepted Answer

Very happy

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Very sad

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Very angry

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Very tired

Question 11

Which of these words refers to something extremely cold?

Accepted Answer

Frigid

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Warm

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Boiling

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Hot

Question 12

Which word is a noun?

Accepted Answer

Book

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Quickly

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Slowly

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Run

Question 13

What is the opposite of 'happy'?

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Sad

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Excited

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Angry

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Scared

Question 14

What is a word with a similar meaning to 'beautiful'?

Accepted Answer

Lovely

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Ugly

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Horrible

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Mean

Question 15

Which word describes something?

Accepted Answer

Beautiful

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Quickly

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And

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The

Question 16

Which word has more than one part?

Accepted Answer

Beautiful

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Cat

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Dog

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Happy

Question 17

Select the word that means 'extremely small'.

Accepted Answer

Minuscule

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Giant

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Humongous

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Colossal

Question 18

In the sentence 'The boy dashed quickly to school', what does 'quickly' mean?

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In a hurry

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At a slow pace

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With sadness

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In an angry manner

Question 19

In the sentence 'The sleepy cat snoozed', who is performing the action?

Accepted Answer

Cat

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Sleepy

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Snoozed

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The

Question 20

Which word means the same as 'cheerful'?

Accepted Answer

Joyful

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Sad

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Angry

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Tired

Question 21

In the sentence 'The dog barks loudly', what is the action being performed?

Accepted Answer

Barks

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Dog

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Loudly

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The

Question 22

Which word has 'ing' at the end?

Accepted Answer

Running

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Run

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Ran

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Runs

Question 23

In the sentence 'The girl ate a juicy apple', what is the object being acted upon?

Accepted Answer

Apple

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Girl

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Ate

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Juicy

Question 24

Which of these words is spelled correctly?

Accepted Answer

Beautiful

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Beutiful

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Beatiful

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Beautifool

Question 25

What does the word 'gigantic' mean?

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very big

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very small

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very cold

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very fast

Question 26

Which word has an '-ing' at the end?

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jumping

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jump

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run

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fast

Question 27

In the sentence: 'The cat sat on the cushion.' Which word shows where the cat is?

Accepted Answer

on

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cat

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sat

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cushion

Question 28

What is the past tense of the word 'run'?

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ran

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runned

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run

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running

Question 29

Which word means the opposite of 'happy'?

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sad

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excited

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tired

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hungry

Question 30

In the sentence: 'The boy kicked the ball.' Who or what is doing the action?

Accepted Answer

boy

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kicked

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ball

Question 31

What is the plural form of the word 'mouse'?

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mice

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mouses

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mousen

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mouses

Question 32

Which word starts with the prefix 're-', meaning 'again'?

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Return

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Complete

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Understand

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Beautiful

Question 33

The opposite of 'big' is:

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small

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tall

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short

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large

Question 34

'Excited' is a synonym for:

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excited

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sad

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angry

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tired

Question 35

Which of these words has two parts that can be sounded out?

Accepted Answer

computer

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cat

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dog

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mouse

Question 36

Read the sentence: 'The old man was very weak'. What does the word 'weak' mean?

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Weak

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Strong

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Tired

Question 37

What is the most helpful way to figure out what a new word means?

Accepted Answer

Looking it up in a dictionary

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Guessing from the sentence

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Saying the word out loud

Question 38

Which word names a thing?

Accepted Answer

Book

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Run

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Quickly

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And

Question 39

What is the correct spelling of the word for making something smaller?

Accepted Answer

Shrink

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Shrenk

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Shreenk

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Shrinkk

Question 40

Which word has the same ending sound as 'cat'?

Accepted Answer

Hat

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Dog

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Tree

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Cup

Question 41

What does the '-ly' ending do to the word 'quick'?

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Makes it an adverb

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Makes it a noun

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Makes it a verb

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Makes it an adjective

Question 42

Which of these words is an example of a word that imitates a sound?

Accepted Answer

Splash

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Beautiful

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Quickly

Answer

Tree

Question 43

How is a word different from a sentence?

Accepted Answer

A word is a single unit of meaning, while a sentence expresses a complete thought.

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A sentence is a single unit of meaning, while a word expresses a complete thought.

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A word and a sentence are the same thing.

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A word is a group of letters, while a sentence is a group of words.

Question 44

What does the word 'giggle' mean?

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To laugh quietly.

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To cry loudly.

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To jump up and down.

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To run quickly.

Question 45

Which word means the same as 'happy'?

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Joyful

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Sad

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Angry

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Scared

Question 46

What is the main part of the word 'unhappy'?

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Happy

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Un

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Hap

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Py

Question 47

Which of these words is spelled correctly?

Accepted Answer

Definitely

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Defenatly

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Definitly

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Defenitly

Question 48

How do you spell the number 'two'?

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Two

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too

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to

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2

Question 49

What does the saying 'to be over the moon' mean?

Accepted Answer

To be very happy.

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To be very sad.

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To be very angry.

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To be very scared.

Question 50

What does the prefix 'un-' usually mean?

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Not

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Very

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Again

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Well

Question 51

Which word means the same as 'happy'?

Accepted Answer

Joyful

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Sad

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Angry

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Tired

Question 52

What does the phrase 'to hit the hay' mean?

Accepted Answer

To go to sleep

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To eat dinner

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To work hard

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To get into trouble

Question 53

Which of these words is a person, place, or thing?

Accepted Answer

Dog

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Quickly

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Run

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And

Question 54

What is the base word of the word 'uncomfortable'?

Accepted Answer

Comfort

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Fort

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Un

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Able

Question 55

What is the main message of this paragraph? Paragraph: The sun gives us light and warmth. It's a giant ball of hot gas. Plants and animals need the sun to live.

Accepted Answer

The sun is important for life on Earth.

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The sun is a planet.

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The sun is made of ice.

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The sun is smaller than the Earth.

Question 56

Which of these words is spelled correctly?

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Accommodate

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Accomodate

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Accommidate

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Acommodate

Question 57

Which word has the same sound as 'cat'?

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cot

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kite

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dog

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run

Question 58

'Giggle' means:

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To laugh quietly

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To dance

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To cry

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To run

Question 59

Which of these is a thing?

Accepted Answer

Table

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Jump

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Happy

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Quickly

Question 60

Which of these means the same as 'big'?

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Large

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Small

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Tiny

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Tall

Question 61

Which of these words is written correctly?

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beautiful

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beatiful

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beutifulle

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beatifulle

Question 62

Which word has the sound 'ee' in it?

Accepted Answer

feet

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cat

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dog

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run

Question 63

What word means the opposite of 'big'?

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small

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tall

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wide

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short

Question 64

Which word has a similar meaning to 'happy'?

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excited

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sad

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tired

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angry