Vocabulary:

The Emperor’s Egg

flippers, hatch, miserable, slippery, waddled, horizon

The Emperor’s EggA. Read each vocabulary word and the

definition.

1. flippers

2. hatch

3. miserable

4. slippery

5. waddled

6. horizon

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flippers

Meaning: small fins used like hands or feet

Sentence:

The penguin uses his flippers to swim.

hatch

Meaning: to break out of an egg

Sentence:

The baby chick began to hatch from its egg.

miserable

Meaning: very unhappy

Sentence:

Mom felt miserable when she had a cold.

slipperyMeaning: not sticky, causing sliding

Sentence:

The penguins waddled across the slippery ice and snow.

waddled

Meaning: moved in a funny way, like a duck

Sentence:

The duck waddled through the grass to get to the pond.

horizonMeaning: where the sky seems to meet the earth

Sentence:

A lighthouse can be seen way off in the horizon.

The Emperor’s EggVocabulary Quiz

DIRECTIONS: Read each question and click on the correct answer. If you get it wrong use the arrow button to go back to

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My sister fell down the ____________ steps last winter.

A. horizonB. flippersC. slipperyD. waddledNEXT

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The tall mountains could be seen way off in the _____________.

A. hatchB. miserableC. flippersD. horizon

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The seal used its ______________ to swim through the water.

A. waddledB. flippersC. miserableD. hatch

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The Emperor penquins ____________ slowly across the ice and snow of Antarctica.

A. miserableB. hatchC. waddledD. flippers

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The baby alligators will ___________ from their eggs soon.

A. hatchB. horizonC. slipperyD. miserable

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The baby was _____________ when he was hungry and had a wet diaper.

A. miserableB. waddledC. horizonD. slippery

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