Descriptive Words Quiz

Rewrite this sentence by adding descriptive words:

He didn't like the spider.

Rewrite this sentence by adding descriptive words:

Anja yelled and got out of the car.

Rewrite this sentence by adding descriptive words:

My Dad was very happy.

Rewrite this sentence by adding descriptive words:

Zack was excited to finally eat dinner.

Define this word:

Tentative

Write a sentence with the word:

Tentative

Answer explanation

Synonyms for tentative are:

hesitant

uncertain

cautious

timid

unsure

What does the verb, badger, mean?

Don't badger me, I'll do my homework later.

• object to be thrown

• flexibility, malleability

• discourage

• pester, annoy

Answer explanation

Badger (noun) is a hardy, feisty animal with a white "badge" on it's head.

Or from the Old French word blarel meaning "marked with a white spot"

Badger (verb) may be from a medieval sport of badger-baiting. A badger was put into a barrel and dogs were sent to drag it out.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does the adjective, insidious, mean?

It's an insidious disease.

• interesting, filled with excitement

• deceitful, intending to entrap

• quiet, shy

• shocking, surprising

Answer explanation

From Latin insidiosus and French insidieux words meaning to sit and plot or lying in wait.

Something or someone that proceeds in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Match the following synonyms:

• bizarre

• Barren

• Desolate

• Enormous

• Adventurous

• weird

• Giant

• Artful

• Crafty

• Bold

Answer explanation

A synonym is a word/phrase that is the same or nearly the same as another word/phrase.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Match the following synonyms:

• Destroy

• Enormous

• Mammoth

• Compress

• Shrink

• Compact

• Bunched

• Eradicate

• Strange

• Eccentric

Answer explanation

A synonym is a word/phrase that is the same or nearly the same as another word/phrase.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A