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Week 18

A Word a Day

creep

My brother likes to creep up behind me when
verb
I’m reading a book. Then he says “Boo!”
People who creep

move carefully and When might you creep along?
quietly so that no • when you want to surprise someone
one will see or • when there’s a fire drill

hear them. • when you don’t want to wake your dad
• when your mom is sick in bed

• when you’re running a race

Show what people do when they creep along.
Tell about a time when you had to creep rather than walk
normally.

drenched

My shoes were drenched from playing in
adjective
rain puddles on my way home from school.
Something is
drenched when Which of the following would make you drenched?
it is soaking wet. • lying on a sunny beach

• jumping into a swimming pool
• taking a shower

• walking in a light snowfall
• walking in a rainstorm

Tell about a time when you were drenched. Do you like
being drenched? Why or why not?

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