Animal Farm Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: Most of this time Mr. Jones had spent sitting in the taproom of the Red Lion at Wellington, complaining to anyone who would listen of the _______ injustice he had suffered in being turned out of his property by a pack of good for nothing animals.

• monstrous

• minor

• trivial

• insignificant

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank: The other farmers sympathised in _______, but they did not at first give him much help. (page 37)

• principle

• practice

• theory

• silence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank: Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough, _______ man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains. (page 38)

• shrewd

• gentle

• naive

• careless

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank: Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough, shrewd man, _______ involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains. (page 38)

• perpetually

• occasionally

• rarely

• never

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank: At first they pretended to laugh and to _______ the idea of animals managing a farm for themselves. (page 38)

• scorn

• support

• embrace

• ignore

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank: The whole thing would be over in a _______

• fortnight

• minute

• second

• hour

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank: It was given out that the animals there practised _______, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. (page 39)

• cannibalism

• vegetarianism

• pacifism

• cooperation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Fill in the blank: They could not understand, they said, how even animals could bring themselves to sing such _______ rubbish. (page 39)

• contemptible

• delightful

• melodious

• harmonious

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank: Any animal caught singing it was given a _______ on the spot.

• flogging

• reward

• warning

• treat

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank: And yet the song was _______. (page 40)

• irrepressible

• melancholic

• silent

• forgettable

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4