Trainer - Test 4

Anna promised to always ______ the law if she became a police officer.

• scuttle

• hamper

• uphold

• sustain

After winning three competitions in a row, he showed ______ and stopped practicing.

• interest

• complacency

• confidence

• curiosity

The villagers suffered greatly ______ the invaders who burned their homes.

• at the hands of

• be fluid

• with help from

• in place of

The book was so ______ that I couldn’t stop reading until midnight.

• bright

• intriguing

• loud

• small

When the little boy started to cry, his sister tried to ______ him by giving him a candy.

• excel

• console

• prowl

• hamper

If you practice every day, you will ______ in your math exams.

• excel

• scuttle

• hamper

• squabble

The children began ______ loudly over who would get the last piece of cake.

• consoling

• squabbling

• upholding

• scampering

The ______ spoke to everyone in the church about being kind to others.

• preacher

• coot

• salamander

• intruder

Parents often want to ______ good values in their children from a young age.

• scuttle

• incur

• hamper

• inculcate

He sat by the window in a ______ mood, thinking about life quietly.

• gloomy

• contemplative

• complacent

• intriguing