Question Bank for Grade 10 English

Which of the following could be described as insidious?

• a dog barking at the mailman

• the doctor prescribing a medicine

• ending free education for all

• watching netflix

Which of these leaders have been denounced in history?

• President Obama

• Queen Elizabeth

• Joseph Stalin

• Mahatma Gandhi

Which of the following statements would NOT validate your feelings?

• You are not alone.

• I can see why you feel that way.

• That sounds tough.

• Complaining won't get you anywhere.

How could a student transcend expectations from their teacher?

• Do their homework.

• Participate with thoughtful responses.

• Come to class on time and prepared..

• Bring their chromebook everyday.

Which of the following things would describes recant?

• make something clear; explain

• make something undesirable continue indefinitely

• withdraw a statement or belief formally or publicly

• condemn or censure; give a formal accusation against

Choose the sentence that DOES NOT USE the vocabulary word correctly.

• The president condemned the reprehensible prejudice that haunts American history.

• Procrastination is succinct among GGUSD students on Thursday nights.

• The news station condoned racism by generalizing minorities.

• The NYC robot police dog is analogous to the mechanical hound in Fahrenheit 451.

Choose the sentence that DOES NOT USE the vocabulary word correctly.

• The choice of language magnified the despondent tone of the poem.

• The teacher did not dissend the concept so the students were confused.

• As the children got older, they became more judicious and caused less trouble.

• The author alluded to the Bible using a comparison to Adam and Eve.

The Jewish prisoners lived in a state of _____, deprived of basic necessities.

• squalor

• succintness

• pervasion

• insidiousness

Choose the sentence that DOES NOT USE the vocabulary word correctly.

• The teacher attributed the students' poor grades to the amount of hours she played video games.

• The politician recanted their public statement after public outcry.

• Students deduced the meaning of the passage by chunking it into parts and annotating each section.

• The essay subdued the meaning of the novel.

Fill in the blank with the MOST appropriate vocab word

The novel Night _______ the importance of not being indifferent to injustice.

• accentuates

• generalizes

• synthesizes

• emanates