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CYA 1-40

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
For the past few days, I've noticed that the moon has ______ or grown, every day.
a)
waxed
b)
adverse
c)
fray
d)
materialized
2.
The dog is sweet, but with his crossed eyes, big ears, and matted coat, he's kind of ______.
a)
cretin
b)
homely
c)
pompous
d)
tractable
3.
I pushed away to get away, and did join the ______ in the locker bank.  All the kids involved in the fight were suspended.
a)
fray
b)
rapscallion
c)
tractable
d)
waxed
4.
He  is small, dumb, and just a horrible person.  So I  called him a _______.
a)
pompous
b)
cretin
c)
homely
d)
adverse
5.
My sister could not convince the police that she was ______. They saw her with the bank robbers and thought she was guilty.
a)
ensued
b)
ingenuous
c)
anguished
d)
tractable
6.
After Thanksgiving dinner, it is a family tradition for us to _____ through the neighborhood and visit with friends.
a)
amble
b)
fray
c)
materialized
d)
cretin
7.
I will never invite Ms. America to dinner again.  She's so arrogant and ______, all she talked about is her stupid crown and how beautiful she is. 
a)
pompous
b)
ensued
c)
rapscallion
d)
meager
8.
My parents were _____ to me having a picture of Barney the Dinosaur tattooed on my arm.  I don't know why they were against it.  Barney is a friendly dinosaur.
a)
adverse
b)
besotted
c)
visage
d)
abode
9.
A __________ from the neighborhood filled my mailbox with Skittles.  That kid is such a trouble-maker!
a)
rapscallion
b)
tragedy
c)
meager
d)
regaled
10.
Just as I was about to throw a snowball at Mr. Haas, a security guard ________ next to me.  He appeared out of nowhere!
a)
materialized
b)
amble
c)
anguished
d)
ensued
11.
My parents think I'm too _____.  They claim that I would shave my head and  wear a tutu to school if my friends asked me to.
a)
tractable
b)
pugnacious
c)
adverse
d)
fray
12.
The ___ students begged their teacher to give them extra credit. They were so upset about their grades that they were crying and wailing.
a)
adverse
b)
pompous
c)
homely
d)
anguished
13.
My parents won the lottery last weekend. A spending spree ___.
a)
ensued
b)
waxed
c)
anguished
d)
materialized
14.
___ my parents put money into my college savings account. They add to it regularly so I’ll have enough money for school.
a)
Periodically
b)
Tractable
c)
Pugnacious
d)
Paramour
15.
Match : Adjective: Sad and Mournful
a)
Lugubrious
b)
 Encountered
c)
 Besotted
d)
Abode
16.
Match : Verb: Entertained
a)
Meager
b)
Visage
c)
Regaled
d)
Encountered
17.
Match:Noun: Home
a)
Abode
b)
Tragedy
c)
 Meager
d)
 Besotted
18.
Match :Adjective: Infatuated
a)
Regaled
b)
Besotted 
c)
Oscillated 
d)
Visage 
19.
Where do you live? In your…
a)
amphitheater
b)
waxed
c)
homely
d)
abode
20.
Match :Adjective: Infatuated
a)
Regaled
b)
Besotted 
c)
Oscillated 
d)
Visage 
21.
Verb: Met unexpectedly
a)
encountered
b)
besotted
c)
visages
d)
abode
22.
Match Noun: Face:
a)
Visage
b)
Oscillated
c)
 Besotted
d)
Meager
23.
Match : Verb: Swayed back and forth
a)
Oscillated 
b)
Encountered
c)
Abode
d)
Regaled
24.
Noun: A very sad event
a)
paramour
b)
pompous
c)
encountered
d)
tragedy
25.
Match: Adjective: Unsatisfactorily small
a)
plethora
b)
meager
c)
besotted
d)
abode
26.
Match: Verb: Met unexpectedly
a)
encountered
b)
regaled
c)
fray
d)
waxed
27.
Which make sense?
a)
The perky tragedy regaled us.
b)
He was besotted by the comely girl.
c)
I would rather trek than amble. It is more relaxing.
d)
The ingenuous rapscallion admitted he started the fray.
28.
Which are synonyms?
a)
Comely/Beauteous
b)
Amble/Adverse
c)
Noisome/Cretin
d)
Dapper/Besotted
29.
Which are antonyms?
a)
Anguished/Exultant
b)
Oscillated/Dispersed
c)
Materialized/Encountered
d)
Fray/Abode
30.
Which word means fight?
a)
Amble
b)
Pugnacious
c)
Rapscallion
d)
Fray
31.
Which word means innocent?
a)
tractable
b)
pompous
c)
ingenuous
d)
anguished
32.
Which word is an adjective?
a)
waxed
b)
cretin
c)
ensued
d)
pompous
33.
Which word is a noun?
a)
amble
b)
misers
c)
trekked
d)
regaled
34.
Which word is a verb?
a)
rapscallion
b)
materialized
c)
abode
d)
visages
35.
Which word means “came next?”
a)
regaled
b)
besotted
c)
oscillated
d)
ensued
36.
Which word would you use to describe an elegant, well-dressed man?
a)
Beauteous
b)
Rapscallion
c)
Pompous
d)
Dapper
37.
Which word would you use to describe what a pendulum in a clock did?
a)
Waxed
b)
Prevailed
c)
Oscillated
d)
Besotted
38.
Which word would you use to describe someone who won first prize in a contest?
a)
noisome
b)
exultant
c)
anguished
d)
ingenuous
39.
Which word would you use to describe Ebenezer Scrooge?
a)
pugnacious
b)
ensued
c)
visages
d)
miser
40.
Where do you live? In your…
a)
amphitheater
b)
waxed
c)
homely
d)
abode