Question

Use 11 of the following vocabulary words to complete the story below:

ancient, bounty, civil, crouched, feuding, fondness, locomotive, pestering, pledged, ratcheted, riled, scowl, spindly, wager, withered

I _______________ behind the sofa waiting for my brother to walk into the room. He had pulled a prank on me yesterday and I had _______________ to get revenge! He had a _______________ for pulling pranks on me, and it was driving me crazy! I usually tried to be _______________ when dealing with him, but this time, I had had enough. I was going to get even. Later that evening my brother and I sat at the kitchen table. Our mother had a _______________ on her face as she looked at us. She said she was tired of us _______________ each other. She understood that _______________ between brothers was an _______________ tradition, but that it needed to stop before one of us ended up getting seriously hurt. We both _______________ beneath her angry look and words. We hated disappointing our mother! We both promised to stop pulling pranks on each other. At the time we meant it, but I _______________ that one of us will end up pulling a prank before too long. After all, we get so _______________ up with each other that we sometimes forget how to behave!

Answer 1

ancient, bounty, locomotive, ratcheted, spindly, wager,

I crouched behind the sofa waiting for my brother to walk into the room. He had pulled a prank on me yesterday and I had wager to get revenge! He had a fondness for pulling pranks on me, and it was driving me crazy! I usually tried to be civil when dealing with him, but this time, I had had enough. I was going to get even. Later that evening my brother and I sat at the kitchen table. Our mother had a scowl on her face as she looked at us. She said she was tired of us pestering each other. She understood that feuding between brothers was an ratcheted tradition, but that it needed to stop before one of us ended up getting seriously hurt. We both withered beneath her angry look and words. We hated disappointing our mother! We both promised to stop pulling pranks on each other. At the time we meant it, but I pledged that one of us will end up pulling a prank before too long. After all, we get so riled up with each other that we sometimes forget how to behave!