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Guessing Meaning of Words from Context (Pre)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I didn’t want to tell my friend the entire plot of the play so I just gave her the "gist" of the story.

a)

title

b)

ending

c)

main idea

d)

subtitle

2.

She was "timid", shy, that made us know nothing about her true feeling. She kept her idea and had never spoken in class.

a)

kind

b)

serious

c)

shy

d)

confident

3.

Patrick hurried over but Emily "sauntered" over to our class.

a)

walked in slow, easy way

b)

hurried

c)

beat rapidly

d)

ran away

4.

Although some people pointed out the "harmful" effect to health of coffee, some people think that it’s good to health as well.

a)

useful

b)

healthful

c)

dangerous

d)

wonderful

5.

He climbed to the top of the mountain and was right on the "precipice" – or edge of it. He could have fallen if he was careless.

a)

stiff

b)

under

c)

top

d)

edge

6.

"Mundane" activities such as doing the laundry or dishes, going food shopping, reading newspaper don’t make my life exciting.

a)

exciting, not boring

b)

painful

c)

interesting

d)

ordinary; normal

7.

My father enjoys his new "avocations" after he retired. For instance, he now enjoys chat group at LINE application on internet and enjoys collecting stamp.

a)

stamps

b)

jobs

c)

internet

d)

hobbies

8.

If you "invert" the letter 'p' you’ll get 'b', in the same way you’ll get the letter 'W' by turning the letter 'M' upside down.

a)

upside down

b)

end

c)

put in the same way

d)

get the letter

9.

She felt very "indignant" because her boyfriend had dinner with other girl after cancelling her appointment.

a)

ignored

b)

happy

c)

angry

d)

good

10.

The process of turning light into energy, called "photosynthesis", is the reason most plants need sunlight.

a)

the reason why plants need sunlight

b)

the process of turning light into energy

c)

the process of sunlight

d)

the sunlight that gives energy