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Word of the Day

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complete failure

a)

Fiasco

b)

Metaphor

c)

Strategy

d)

Mediocre

2.

It was a total __ when the party was interrupted by a bunch of quacking ducks.

a)

mediocre

b)

amnesia

c)

fiasco

d)

hypocrisy

3.

A noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something.

a)

fiasco

b)

amnesia

c)

nuisance

d)

brouhaha

4.

If the bomb goes off, it will _______ this entire building.

a)

decimate

b)

strategize

c)

cut to the chase

d)

fiasco

5.

A ________ erupted when the two students started fighting.

a)

strategy

b)

brouhaha

c)

nuisance

d)

hypocrisy

6.

_____ means to destroy.

a)

Brouhaha

b)

Hypocrisy

c)

Decimate

d)

Pandemonium

7.

Of low to medium quality; barely passable

a)

Amnesia

b)

Cut to the Chase

c)

Mediocre

d)

Nuisance

8.

not very good, but not very bad either

a)

mediocre

b)

semicircle

c)

medium

d)

equitable

9.

Choose the word that correctly matches the definition:

A person, thing, or situation causing an annoyance

a)

metaphor

b)

fiasco

c)

nuisance

d)

mediocre

10.

an annoyance

a)

brouhaha

b)

amnesia

c)

nuisance

d)

mediocre

11.

If I tell you not to use bad language, but then you hear me cussing out someone over the phone, I am demonstrating--

a)

strategy

b)

amnesia

c)

hypocrisy

d)

pandemonium

12.

the behavior of people who do things that they tell other people not to do : behavior that does not agree with what someone claims to believe or feel---

a)

hypocrisy

b)

amnesia

c)

pandemonium

d)

brouhaha

13.
Wild and noisy disorder
a)
discouraging
b)
plea
c)
flourish
d)
pandemonium
14.

chaos and utter craziness

a)

pandemonium

b)

apparition

c)

gyration

d)

archaic

15.

loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury

a)

brouhaha

b)

metaphor

c)

amnesia

d)

strategy

16.

Having no memory

a)

decimate

b)

mediocre

c)

amnesia

d)

hypcrisy

17.
Cut to the chase.  
a)
You cut something with a knife.
b)
Get to the point.  Tell me what you need!
c)
You were cut by something else. 
d)
You chased another person.
18.

In which sentence is strategy used correctly?

a)

The government has a new strategy to help the poor.

b)

Did you strategy the plan?

c)

Mr. Anderson has a strategy plan.

d)

The dog will have to strategy the bone.

19.
What is a metaphor?
a)
Compares two things using like or as
b)
Compares two things NOT using like or as
c)
Gives human qualities to objects
d)
It's a sound word
20.
The classroom was a zoo. What does this metaphor mean?
a)
The students were loud and crazy in class.
b)
Some animals from the zoo visited our classroom.
c)
The class went on a field trip to the zoo.
d)
Some animals should be kept as pets in the classroom.