Reading Vocabulary I

An armoire is:

• An old piece of furniture to put clothes

• An old piece of furniture to put kitchen items

• A type of old sofa

• A kind of old bed

A synonym of armoire is:

• A shed

• A cupboard

• A chest

• A wardrobe

"I had a serious cold last week, and I couldn't stop _________ for days."

• Sobbing

• Coughing

• Crying

• Laughing

"I kept talking to my mother about school to DIVERT her from the mess in my bedroom." "To divert" means:

• To create a distraction, so people don't pay attention

• To make a situation less boring

• To introduce a subject to start a nice conversation

• To start paying attention to a situation

"The death of his dog deeply impacted him. He started WEEPING, and soon he was SOBBING in his friend's arms." The respective meanings of "to weep" and "to sob" are:

• To feel light pain / To feel strong pain

• To sneeze silently / To sneeze very loudly

• To laugh silently / To laugh very loudly

• To cry silently / To cry very loudly

"When she saw the ghost , she couldn't stop SHRIEKING in horror". The meaning of "to shriek" is:

• To scream

• To laugh

• To be sad

• To run

What is this object?

• A duster

• A paper clip

• A bobby pin

• A small key

"The books were __________ on the floor."

• Clean

• Scattered

• Organised

• Piled up

A synonym of STRANGE is:

• Odd

• Mutter

• Thin

• Frayed

"When I told him to do his homework, he _________ 'If I had a choice, I wouldn't do it'. " The missing verb means "to say something in a low voice with irritation".

• Screamed

• Wept

• Sobbed

• Muttered