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English Riots

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of 'riot'?

a)

angry, violent behaviour by a crowd of people

b)

make something decay

c)

a traditional ceremony in a particular culture or religion

d)

correct or true

2.

What is the meaning of 'loot'?

a)

not knowing where you are or where you should go

b)

after the usual time or the time that was arranged

c)

to steal from shops and houses during a war or period of fighting

d)

to appear as a large, sometimes frightening shape

3.

What is the meaning of 'arson'?

a)

the making or study of paintings, drawings, etc or the objects created

b)

the money that is demanded for the return of someone who is being kept as a prisoner

c)

to take somebody away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed

d)

the crime of intentionally burning something, such as a building

4.

What is the meaning of 'outbreak'?

a)

the time when something unpleasant and difficult to control starts, such as a war or disease

b)

to escape from prison

c)

the end of a close relationship

d)

the areas of Australia where few people live, especially the central desert areas

5.

What is the meaning of 'rampant'?

a)

an animal with long, sharp teeth, such as a mouse or rabbit

b)

a large wall built round a town, castle, etc. to protect it

c)

an artificial slope

d)

growing or spreading quickly, in a way that cannot be controlled

6.

What is the meaning of 'unprecedented'?

a)

to be or go before something or someone in time or space

b)

the person who has the highest political position in a republic

c)

never having happened or existed in the past

d)

something that you are given on a special occasion

7.

What is the meaning of 'incur'?

a)

money that is earned from doing work

b)

extremely large and therefore unable to be measured

c)

not correct or not true

d)

to experience something unpleasant as a result of actions you have taken

8.

What is the meaning of 'subsequent'?

a)

one of the smaller parts into which the main parts of a document or organisation are divided

b)

happening after something else

c)

an amount of money that you pay regularly to receive a product or service

d)

a ship that can travel underwater

9.

What is the meaning of 'senseless'?

a)

very good, exciting, or unusual

b)

based on or acting on good judgment and practical ideas or understanding

c)

not at all reasonable, or with no good or useful purpose

d)

a general feeling or understanding

10.

What is the meaning of 'aftermath'?

a)

the period that follows an unpleasant event or accident

b)

the period that follows midday and precedes the evening

c)

sweet food eaten at the end of a meal

d)

a pleasant feeling produced after an experience, event, feeling, etc.