Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz

Angel wasted his day by napping and watching TV. Then he realized his mother would be home in 15 minutes. He rushed to clean up the kitchen and vacuum the floor.

• Exemption

• Haste

• Relish

I only eat vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles. I get it every time I go to the ice cream shop. Even if they offer a sampling, I still get vanilla and rainbow sprinkles.

• Transmitted

• Conceived

• Accustomed

It had been raining for three days. Nicole was so happy when the sun came out. She went for a long walk, soaking in the beautiful, warm sunshine.

• Diminish

• Relish

• Transmit

At the memorial, most people spoke in hushed tones and there was no laughter. Parents held their kids' hands and wouldn’t let them run around and play. It was a serious affair.

• Conceivable

• Solemn

• Exempted

The first day after laundry was done, the house smelled of fresh scent or sunny breeze. By the end of the week, you could barely smell it. It went from overwhelming to barely there.

• Exempted

• Solemn

• Diminished

At the football game, the mood was ____ as the ROTC students presented the colors and the band played the “Star-Spangled Banner.”

• Accustomed

• Solemn

• Transmitted

When you buy a fish from the pet store, you have to keep it in the bag it came in and place the bag in the fishtank to ____ the fish to the new water temperature.

• Accustom

• Relish

• Transmit

The painters had obviously worked ____: there was paint splattered on the floor, the wood molding, and even the ceiling!

• Hastily

• Defiantly

• Solemnly

Yaneli works late and she usually has someone walk her to her car. But that night everyone was busy, so she had to walk to the car alone. She felt ____ for the entire walk.

• Diminished

• Disquieted

• Exempted

Because Moe had missed school when his grandmother died, the teacher ____ him from the quiz on the day he returned.

• Transmitted

• Diminished

• Exempted