VOCABULARY BUILDER

School Break

The family is walking on the sandy beach in the morning. The children are on school break, so they get to play all day and even stay up late to watch movies with mom and dad. The boy is riding piggyback on his father's back while his sister is skipping along with their mother. They are all very hungry, so they're going to grab a bite at the beachfront shopping street. After breakfast, the children can play video games and mini-golf while the parents have a cup of coffee.

Simple Definitions - get to do sth (v) = have the chance to do sth - stay up (v) = not go to bed - ride piggyback (v) = ride on sby's back with arms around the neck and legs around the waist - skip along (v) = moving by small jumps from one foot to the other

- grab a bite (v) = get sth to eat (adj) = adjective, (adv) = adverb, (n) = noun, (v) = verb, sth = something, sby = somebody

Word Challenge

Fill in the blanks with the correct words. You may need to make changes to verbs (tense/3rd person) and nouns (singular/plural).

get to stay up ride piggyback skip along grab a bite

1) Drinking too much coffee can make you ______ all night. 2) The woman walked quickly on the beach as her daughter _______ behind her. 3) Once she finishes her homework, she ______ play outside and go on Facebook as long as she wants. 4) "I'm starving, let's stop at that restaurant and _______." 5) The young girl was very tired so her father let her _______ the rest of the way.

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Answers to Word Challenge

1) Drinking too much coffee can make you stay up all night. 2) The woman walked quickly on the beach as her daughter skipped along behind her. 3) Once she finishes her homework, she gets to play outside and go on Facebook as long as she wants. 4) "I'm starving, let's stop at that restaurant and grab a bite." 5) The young girl was very tired so her father let her ride piggyback the rest of the way.