WorksheetsThe Richer, the Poorer
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The quality of being clear
a)
frugal
b)
clarity
c)
inefficient
d)
fable
2.
To increase in value or quality
a)
frugal
b)
lean
c)
intolerable
d)
enhance
3.
Avoiding waste, thrifty
a)
frugal
b)
clarity
c)
enhance
d)
intolerable
4.
Not able to produce without wasting time or energy
a)
enhance
b)
intolerable
c)
inefficient
d)
frugal
5.
Unbearable, too much to be endured
a)
lean
b)
enhance
c)
clarity
d)
intolerable
6.
Having little to spare, thin
a)
lean
b)
intolerable
c)
inefficient
d)
enhance
7.
Spare me a grain, I beg.
a)
Hide
b)
Give
c)
Split
d)
Gather
8.
It's bitterly cold.
a)
kind of
b)
fairly
c)
extremely
d)
a little bit
9.
I wasn't idle last summer, either.
a)
sleeping
b)
doing nothing
c)
running
d)
yelling
10.
Gathering a store of corn for the winter.
a)
supply
b)
place to shop
c)
field
d)
bushel
11.
She stowed it away in a hole
a)
froze
b)
clocked
c)
packed
d)
believed
12.
The wind was keen and poor Grasshopper was cold.
a)
warm
b)
southerly
c)
kind
d)
sharp and penetrating
13.
And she scuttled off into her hole.
a)
ran hurriedly
b)
walked
c)
crawled
d)
slithered
14.
Harry died abroad.
a)
at home
b)
in a hospital
c)
with friends
d)
in a foreign country
15.
She worked with an eagerness that she mistook for haste.
a)
hurrying or urgency
b)
happiness
c)
sorrow
d)
neatness
16.
She would wear a wardrobe that neither she not anyone else would be able to match.
a)
coat
b)
shoe
c)
collection of clothes
d)
hat
17.
Her way of life was mean and miserly.
a)
wonderful
b)
small and inadequate
c)
nosey
d)
happy
18.
She was shocked to see how dismal downstairs looked compared to the rest of the house.
a)
awesome
b)
fanciful
c)
snuggly
d)
depressing, dreary
19.
She did not marvel at the size of the bird.
a)
frown
b)
smirk
c)
fill with wonder
d)
laugh
20.
I feel giddy already, and I like it.
a)
excited and dizzy
b)
sad
c)
gloomy
d)
tough
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