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Name
A. Choose the word from the box that best completes each
sentence.
gnarled parched landscape scorching
gushed brimming scrawny progress
1. The plants and trees began to dry and shrink from the heat of the
sun.
Vocabulary
2. The twisted, branches of the old tree provided little
shade for picnickers.
3. The desert hare was thin and from lack of food.
4. The heat slowed the explorers across the sand.
5. The summer sun made the land look from the lack
of water.
6. Water from a broken irrigation hose, fl ooding the
crops.
7. The rains transformed the dry, stark into bright fi elds
of green.
8. Soon the buckets were with water from the heavy
rain.
B. Choose two of the vocabulary words and write a new sentence
for each.
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