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Word Detective
- The Forgotten Door
- About 15 minutes
- CCSS RL.3.4, L.3.4a · VA SOL 3.4
Type right on the sheet below, then print it with your answers. Or download the blank PDF.
Worksheets › The Forgotten Door › Word Detective
Type right on the sheet below, then print it with your answers. Or download the blank PDF.
Some doors change your life. Others erase it.
Read each sentence from the story. Use the clues around the bold word to figure out what it means.
1. There was no knob. Just a tarnished keyhole and a long, hairline crack down the middle.
I think tarnished means:2. It turned with a soft click, like it was oiled just for her. She hesitated.
I think hesitated means:3. The hallway pulsed. The drawers shimmered.
I think shimmered means:4. She touched the paint. Cold and seamless. No dent. No scrape.
I think seamless means:
