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Unit 2 Vocabulary and Conventions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The principal's ____ that no more fanny packs were allowed in school caused quite a stir.

a)

Quarrel

b)

Pronounce

c)

Declaration

d)

Tension

2.

When she was able to _______ a difficult pose at the end of her gymnastics, she impressed the judges!

a)

enumerate

b)

restrain

c)

sustain

d)

pronounce

3.

Many historians have _______ about why people followed Adolf Hitler.

a)

theorize

b)

theorized

c)

enumerate

d)

enumerated

4.

When the teacher_______ that time was almost up, the class quickly finished their exam.

a)

declaration

b)

enumerated

c)

pronounced

d)

theorized

5.

The research scientist ________ a number of possible causes for the disease.

a)

bickered

b)

sustain

c)

theorize

d)

enumerated

6.

The nervous crowd waited _______ to see whether the celebrity would come out to greet them.

a)

hysterical

b)

anxiously

c)

tension

d)

quarrels

7.

The mother sobbed __________ while waiting to hear if her child was okay.

a)

anxiously

b)

hysterically

c)

tension

d)

bickering

8.

The _______ between the two best friends was obvious, since both refused to speak while they sat right next to each other.

a)

bickering

b)

anxiously

c)

quarreling

d)

tension

9.

The two siblings were _______ over who got to sit in the front seat.

a)

hysterically

b)

sustaining

c)

bickering

d)

tension

10.

It was difficult to see the two people have a ______ over something so small.

a)

restraining

b)

quarrel

c)

bickering

d)

tension

11.

He sat in his chair, ________ himself from devouring the entire pie before his aunt cut him a slice.

a)

quarreling

b)

bickering

c)

restraining

d)

sustaining

12.

Principal Part? The boy had declared the game over before the time ran out.

a)

present

b)

present participle

c)

past

d)

past participle

13.

Principal Part? My mother bakes the best cookies you will ever have.

a)

present

b)

present participle

c)

past

d)

past participle

14.

Principal Part? The girl theorized possible reasons why her friends could be so upset with her.

a)

present

b)

present participle

c)

past

d)

past participle

15.

Principal Part? The dog was walking so nicely besides his owner.

a)

present

b)

present participle

c)

past

d)

past participle

16.

Principal Part? This quarreling sounds like two cats screeching.

a)

present

b)

present participle

c)

past

d)

past participle

17.

Principal Part? The umpire had called the play fair, but it was clear that he was wrong.

a)

present

b)

present participle

c)

past

d)

past participle

18.

Principal Part? The car was going so far over the speed limit that it passed by in a blurry streak.

a)

present

b)

present participle

c)

past

d)

past participle

19.

What is the strongest antonym for hysterically?

a)

excitedly

b)

happily

c)

calm

d)

calmly

20.

What is the strongest synonym for restraining?

a)

helping

b)

forbidding

c)

discouraging

d)

aiding