BYC 18 T3P3 Boost Your Vocabulary Test 3 Passage 3

Which word is a synonym for PICTURE in this sentence? PICTURE this scene. It’s an English literature lesson in a UK school.

• puzzle over
• striking
• illness
• visualize

Which word is a synonym for LITERATURE in this sentence?

It's an English LITERATURE lesson in a UK school, and the teacher has just read an extract from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with a class of 15-year-olds.

• sophisticated
• glacier
• writings
• undertake

Which word is a synonym for EXTRACT in this sentence?
The teacher has just read an EXTRACT from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

• archaeologist

• dating back to

• excerpt

• advanced

Which word is a synonym for TRANSLATION in this sentence? He’s given some of the students copies of No Fear Shakespeare, a kid-friendly TRANSLATION of the original.

• crescent
• upright
• rendition
• corresponding to

Which word is a synonym for LITERACY in this sentence? For three students, even these LITERACY demands are beyond them.

• long-standing
• education
• float
• take place

Which word is a synonym for IDENTIFY in this sentence?
The teacher can ask the No Fear group to IDENTIFY the key characters.

• burial ground

• mystery

• recognize

• trace

Which word is a synonym for TENTATIVE in this sentence? The teacher can ask the No Fear group to identify the key characters and maybe provide a TENTATIVE plot summary

• determine
• raft
• sceptical
• uncertain

Which word is a synonym for PLOT in this sentence?

The teacher can ask the No Fear group to identify the key characters and maybe provide a tentative PLOT summary.

• storyline
• judicial
• scholar
• mystery

Which word is a synonym for TEXTUAL in this sentence?
He can ask most of the class about character development, and five of them might be able to support their statements with TEXTUAL evidence.

• float

• written

• advanced

• scholar

Which word is a synonym for ADVOCATE in this sentence? Now two curious students are wondering whether Shakespeare ADVOCATEs living a life of moderation or one of passionate engagement.

• corresponding to
• Word
• support
• speculate