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jeff

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If I see something for a short time, I get a ______ of it.

a)

glimpse

b)

chuckle

c)

wince

d)

tidbit

2.

This word is a noun and a verb. The verb meaning is "to do nothing" or "to waste time". The noun is "something that is sliced and eaten."

a)

colt

b)

loaf

c)

terrain

d)

elastic

3.

It is an adjective or a verb and it means, "to spread out."

a)

finery

b)

sag

c)

drought

d)

sprawling

4.

a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

a)

aerie

b)

skulk

c)

frugal

d)

burrow

5.

a disagreement or argument

a)

frugal

b)

dispute

c)

burrow

d)

aerie

6.

to dig down

a)

mangle

b)

dispute

c)

burrow

d)

skulk

7.

to avoid responsibilities

a)

skulk

b)

frugal

c)

mangle

d)

furtive

8.

a message about life, that a writer or film maker tries to communicate to the audience

a)

central/main idea

b)

theme

c)

storyline

d)

where the story takes place

9.

a word part, attached to the beginning of a word, that changes its' meaning

a)

root word

b)

base word

c)

prefix

d)

suffix

10.

a word with the same, or similar meaning as another word

a)

antonym

b)

synonym

c)

homonym

d)

base word

11.

I stumbled over the _____ on the mountain, and then I had to go get a band-aide.

a)

trowel

b)

boulder

c)

muzzle

d)

nugget

12.

We used towels to mop up my bedroom because water ___________ through the roof.

a)

muffled

b)

keened

c)

veiled

d)

seeped

13.

My table was ______, but my glass cup was not.

a)

fragile

b)

fragrant

c)

sturdy

d)

keen

14.

We like the _______ of cake and brownies.

a)

aroma

b)

ingredient

c)

sequoia

d)

bitterness

15.

Because the boulder didn’t run over the deer, the deer didn’t get smooshed.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

16.

The football player _________ a ball in the air, but it got intercepted.

a)

troweled

b)

ignited

c)

muffled

d)

conifer

e)

hurtled

17.

I love my dog, but I have to get her a _____ for her barking.

a)

muffle

b)

muzzle

c)

flammable

d)

sequoia

18.

Since the knife is so ________, it cut me badly.

a)

keen

b)

bitter

c)

sturdy

d)

trowel

e)

waft

19.

A ______ smooths cement on the road so we could drive,and so we can walk to the park or store.

a)

muzzle

b)

sequoia

c)

waft

d)

trowel

20.

The teacher showed the kids an _____ angle in math.

a)

keen

b)

acute

c)

nugget

d)

hurtle

21.

Grab the _________, and don’t forget to preheat the oven to 350.

a)

aroma

b)

trowel

c)

waft

d)

ingredients

22.

Please do not ______ the fire everything will burst into flames.

a)

flammable

b)

ignite

c)

sequoia

d)

hurtle

23.

The family went on a trip to a gold mine in the mine the found a golden nugget.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

run-on sentence

24.

In class we learned about _______ trees,and then we took a field trip to the Redwood Forest;we saw them and they were incredibly gigantic.

a)

bitter

b)

ingredient

c)

waft

d)

sequoia

25.

coarse

a)

a small quantity of something moist or soft

b)

easily hurt, broken, damaged, or destroyed

c)

rough, not smooth

26.

rough : ____________

a)

prairie

b)

natural

c)

coarse

27.

I will ____________ the surprise this afternoon.

a)

phony

b)

stagger

c)

scrawl

d)

reveal