2. If someone is
reluctant to do
something, he or she
does not want to do
it.
Which would you be more
reluctant to do – clean your
room or play outside? Why?

3. Something is
rumpled if it is
wrinkled or messy.
How can you keep clothes from
becoming rumpled?

4. If you feel surge of a
particular feeling,
you feel it suddenly
and very strongly.
What surge of emotion might
you feel if you found a lost pet?

5. Someone who is
inspecting
something is
looking at it very
carefully.
If you were inspecting a bicycle you
wanted to buy, which parts would you
look at?

6. Something that is taut
has been stretched or
pulled very tightly.
Does a wire used by a high-wire
artist have to be taut? Why?

7. If you untangled
something, you
untied knots in it
or straightened it if
it was twisted.
How could you untangle a fishing
line?

8. If a place
resounded, then it
became filled with
sound.
What noises resounded from the
playground today?

9. If something lurked
somewhere, it
waited there quietly
hidden, usually
before doing
something bad.
If a coyote lurked near a chicken
coop, would you worry? Why or
why not?

10. If something lurked
somewhere, it
waited there quietly
hidden, usually
before doing
something bad.
If a coyote lurked near a chicken
coop, would you worry? Why or
why not?