Guessing Meaning from Context

Guessing Meaning from Context

The words in the list are in the story. Find the words in the story, and try to understand their meanings. Then complete the sentences with words in the list. Use each word once.

• 1 Brom Bones liked to boast best at everything.
• 2 Ichabod Crane didn't have a horse. He had to borrow one.
• 3 Brom Bones was jealous of Ichabod Crane. Brom wanted to marry Katrina.
• 4 Ichabod also needed a saddle for the horse.
• 5 Everyone liked to invite Ichabod for dinner because he had nice manners.
• 6 Sleepy Hollow was in a beautiful valley in the state of New York.