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"The Dog of Pompeii"

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the part of speech of stodgy?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

2.

What is the part of speech of forum?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

3.

What is the part of speech of proverb?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

4.

What is the part of speech of peculiar?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

5.

What is the part of speech of coaxed?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

6.

What is the part of speech of bewildered?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

7.

What is the part of speech of bellowed?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

8.

What is the part of speech of drowsy?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

9.

What is the part of speech of thronging?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

10.

What is the part of speech of heed?

a)

n

b)

v

c)

adj

d)

adv

11.

heavy or slow in movement

a)

forum

b)

proverb

c)

heed

d)

stodgy

12.

public square in ancient Rome

a)

forum

b)

peculiar

c)

coaxed

d)

bellowed

13.

short traditional saying that expresses a truth

a)

bellowed

b)

peculiar

c)

proverb

d)

drowsy

14.

strange or odd; unusual

a)

peculiar

b)

thronging

c)

bewildered

d)

heed

15.

to try to persuade by pleading or flattery

a)

bellowed

b)

stodgy

c)

forum

d)

coaxed

16.

to become confused

a)

bewildered

b)

drowsy

c)

bellowed

d)

thronging

17.

shout something with deep, loud roar

a)

coaxed

b)

stodgy

c)

proverb

d)

bellowed

18.

sleepy; sluggish

a)

forum

b)

bewildered

c)

drowsy

d)

bellowed

19.

a multitude (many) people crowded together

a)

stodgy

b)

peculiar

c)

heed

d)

thronging

20.

to pay careful attention to

a)

heed

b)

stodgy

c)

coaxed

d)

bellowed

21.

A heavy dinner can make dogs too ______ to be ready for action.

a)

stodgy

b)

proverb

c)

forum

d)

peculiar

22.

The public meeting was to take place in the __________ at noon.

a)

peculiar

b)

coaxed

c)

forum

d)

bellowed

23.

"Don't judge a book by it's cover" is a popular _____.

a)

proverb

b)

bewildered

c)

drowsy

d)

heed

24.

There were ________ sounds coming from the boys hungry tummy.

a)

coaxed

b)

bewildered

c)

drowsy

d)

peculiar

25.

The young woman _____ the dog from under the bush in order to take it home with her.

a)

peculiar

b)

forum

c)

coaxed

d)

bellowed

26.

Mrs. Brokhoff was very ______ when everyone did not have their Harriet Tubman quilt completed when it was due.

a)

drowsy

b)

bewildered

c)

thronging

d)

heed

27.

The coach _____ angrily across the court when her players did not follow the play correctly.

a)

bellowed

b)

thronging

c)

coaxed

d)

proverb

28.

He was very _____ during class, so he is going to make sure to go to bed earlier tonight.

a)

thronging

b)

drowsy

c)

stodgy

d)

peculiar

29.

Many fans in the stadium were crushed in the _______ crowd at they rushed the field after the Atlanta Falcons won the Super Bowl. (one can dream)

a)

heed

b)

proverb

c)

bellowed

d)

thronging

30.

Students should _____ directions from their teachers if they want to pass their classes.

a)

bewildered

b)

stodgy

c)

heed

d)

coaxed