WorksheetsThe Spider and the Fly
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which word means depressive, dreary, or gloomy?
a)
dismal
b)
gauzy
c)
subtle
2.
What word is a synonym with tired, fatigued, and exhausted?
a)
cunning
b)
aloft
c)
weary
3.
Which word does not belong?
a)
witty
b)
idle
c)
wiley
d)
cunning
4.
Which word completes this sentence?
The fly's wings were described as brilliant and _________ by the spider.
The fly's wings were described as brilliant and _________ by the spider.
a)
subtle
b)
dismal
c)
gauzy
5.
Which vocabulary word means viciously, angrily, and aggressively?
a)
fiercely
b)
witty
c)
wily
d)
weary
6.
When something is difficult to analyze or describe due to being delicate or precise, you could say that it is ____________.
a)
aloft
b)
subtle
c)
gauzy
7.
Just like doing something in vain, if something is pointless and without purpose, you could say it is ___________.
a)
fiecely
b)
wily
c)
idle
8.
To be high up or far above the ground is to be ___________.
a)
aloft
b)
dismal
c)
cunning
9.
Who tells the tale of the poem?
a)
The tale is told by neither the spider nor the fly
b)
The spider tells the tale
c)
The fly tells the tale
10.
To be trusting and to believe what one says means to be gullible. Who is trusting and gullible in the poem?
a)
Mary Howitt
b)
The spider
c)
The fly
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