Using a Thesaurus

Name _____________________________________________

Use a Thesaurus to find synonyms for the words in brackets. When you have found a suitable synonym, write it in the blank space.

Aunt Skeeter and the (bad) ______________ Itch.

It was a (very) _________________ hot day out on the Bluebell farm. Aunt Skeeter had been (working)____________________ in the garden since daybreak. She looked up at the (hot)__________________ sun and wished she were swimming in the (cool)__________________ creek down the road. All at once a (good)_________________ idea came to her mind. She decided a swim was just what she needed. She (ran)___________________ down to the creek and (jumped)___________________________ right in! A smile spread across Aunt Skeeter's face as she floated on the water. However, her (nice)_________________________ swim didn't last for long. All of a sudden, Aunt Skeeter let out a (cry)______________________ that could be heard in the next county. She jumped up out of the water like she'd been shot from a cannon. She wiggled and squirmed as she tried to (find)_______________________________ the source of her discomfort. After one (big)__________________________________ shake, a (fat)________________________________ catfish came flopping out of Aunt Skeeter's overalls. Seeing the catfish made Aunt Skeeter (laugh)_____________________________so hard that that she had the hiccups for two days!!

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