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Vocabulary Workshop Grade 8 Unit 1Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The teacher tossed them out of class but they continued to _____ all the way to the Principal's office.

a)

hover

b)

discordant

c)

revert

d)

wrangle

e)

bonanza

2.

Both parents had to _____ him out of his deep sleep in order to get him to school.

a)

excerpt

b)

jostle

c)

adage

d)

grope

e)

rubble

3.

3. I thought it would be _____ to take the last piece of pizza so I politely offered it to my cousin.

a)

churlish

b)

adage

c)

citadel

d)

rubble

e)

laggard

4.

The musicians decided to _____ on the new song with his partner for the Grammy Awards.

a)

servile

b)

excerpt

c)

rubble

d)

collaborate

e)

vigil

5.

Sweeps week is a _____ for the television networks because so many people will watch their shows.

a)

plaudits

b)

wrangle

c)

adage

d)

bonanza

e)

vigil

6.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (6)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________ us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

discordant

b)

adage

c)

plaudits

d)

churlish

7.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (7)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

evolve

b)

excerpt

c)

revert

d)

collaborate

8.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (8)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

evolve

b)

decree

c)

precluded

d)

plaudits

9.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (9)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

adage

b)

excerpt

c)

discordant

d)

revert

10.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (10)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

evolve

b)

collaborate

c)

revert

d)

precluded

11.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (11)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

evolve

b)

churlish

c)

adage

d)

excerpt

12.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (12)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

collaborate

b)

churlish

c)

decree

d)

adage

13.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (13)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

collaborate

b)

churlish

c)

decree

d)

plaudits

14.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (14)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

precluded

b)

revert

c)

excerpt

d)

decree

15.

ONLY CHOOSE AN ANSWER FOR NUMBER (15)


On the first day of school, our teacher quoted her favorite 6.___________


from an 7. ______________________ she found in her favorite book of poems. As she began


to speak about all of the wonderful ideas and plans she had for us, we became very excited for


our upcoming year. We started to share our 8. ________________________ by clapping and


whistling. Because it was so loud and 9. _________________, it 10. ____________________us


from hearing the rest of her speech. We did not want her to think that we were going to


11. ________________________ into a 12. ________________________, impolite class. We


would never want her to 13. ________________________ more rules because of our behavior.


We promised her that we would never 14. __________________________ to that type of


behavior again. We also promised her that we would 15. _________________________


together with her for a successful year.

a)

collaborate

b)

precluded

c)

adage

d)

churlish

16.

Read each word. Find the word that does NOT have the same meaning as the other 3 words. (one word does not belong)

a)

ruins

b)

rubble

c)

adage

d)

debris

17.

Read each word. Find the word that does NOT have the same meaning as the other 3 words. (one word does not belong)

a)

bicker

b)

argue

c)

wrangle

d)

citadel

18.

Read each word. Find the word that does NOT have the same meaning as the other 3 words. (one word does not belong)

a)

speedy

b)

slow

c)

sluggish

d)

laggard

19.

Read each word. Find the word that does NOT have the same meaning as the other 3 words. (one word does not belong)

a)

evolve

b)

emerge

c)

wither

d)

develop

20.

Read each word. Find the word that does NOT have the same meaning as the other 3 words. (one word does not belong)

a)

plaudits

b)

cheers

c)

praise

d)

ridicule