ISEE Verbal and Reading Bingo 1 - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Rats give some _____ as scavengers, but this is over-balanced by their _____ activities. A. help ... useful B. service ... harmful C. problems ... nocturnal D. trouble ... breeding
2. ALIAS A. enemy B. sidekick C. hero D. other name
3. At the zenith, the sky is usually A. violet-blue. B. violet-red. C. greenish-blue. D. yellow-orange.
4. Which title best expresses the ideas of passage A? A. The Summer Sky B. Artists vs. Farmers C. Recognizing Colors D. Blue Hills
5. Great ideas have _____ youth: they are _____. A. no ... petrified B. eternal ... immortal C. constant ... ephemeral D. little ... frivolous
6. Although fortune-tellers claim to _____ future happenings, there is no scientific evidence of their _____. A. cloud ... ability B. effect ... knowledge C. foretell ... fees D. predict ... accuracy
7. This passage suggests that the Polynesians A. trained seabirds to guide their canoes. B. had seen a line in the sky that was invisible to others. C. used a primitive telescope to view the heavens. D. were astronomers as well as explorers.
8. The author suggests that A. farmers are color-blind. B. perceived color varies. C. brick walls should be painted pure red. D. some artists use poor color combinations
9. The word zenith in the first paragraph probably refers to A. a color. B. a point directly overhead. C. a point on the horizon. D. the hills.
10. TERSE A. pointed B. trivial C. nervous D. lengthy
11. The word mariner means A. propeller. B. seaman. C. paddle. D. navigation.
12. INTERMITTENTLY A. constantly B. annually C. using intermediaries D. at irregular intervals
13. MISCONSTRUED A. followed directions B. led astray C. acting to supervise D. interprete
14. The Polynesians made trips to A. New Zealand. B. the Atlantic. C. the Southern Cross. D. Europe.
15. Which title is best for selection B? A. European Sailors B. The History of the Pacific Ocean C. The Study of Navigation D. Early Polynesian Navigation
16. Each human relationship is unique, and the lovers who think there never was a love like theirs are _____. A. foolish B. blind C. prejudiced D. right
17. MISCONSTRUED A. followed directions B. led astray C. acting to supervise D. interpreted erroneously