📘 Vocabulary: Shades of Meaning (Grade 2)

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Distinguish shades of meaning among related words.

1. Order from weakest to strongest: look, stare, glance

2. Order from weakest to strongest: nibble, devour, eat

3. Order from weakest to strongest: happy, content, thrilled

4. Order from weakest to strongest: furious, angry, annoyed

5. Order from weakest to strongest: microscopic, small, little

6. Order from weakest to strongest: shout, whisper, say

7. Order from weakest to strongest: enjoy, like, adore

8. Order from weakest to strongest: freezing, cold, cool

9. Order from weakest to strongest: large, enormous, big

10. Order from weakest to strongest: stroll, walk, march

Answer key: 1) glance → look → stare · 2) nibble → eat → devour · 3) content → happy → thrilled · 4) annoyed → angry → furious · 5) little → small → microscopic · 6) whisper → say → shout · 7) like → enjoy → adore · 8) cool → cold → freezing · 9) large → big → enormous · 10) stroll → walk → march

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Free Grade 2 English worksheet (Common Core L.2.5.b): distinguish shades of meaning among related words. Skill: Distinguish shades of meaning among related words. Level: Grade 2 — also suits Year 3 (UK).

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CCSS L.2.5.b: Distinguish shades of meaning among related words
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