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Tone Words

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Well, I’m never going to graduate high school and make it into college.

a)

Insipid

b)

Grotesque

c)

Pessimistic

2.

After what happened today, I’M OUT! PEACE.

a)

Derisive

b)

Resigned

c)

Pessimistic

3.

Wait wait wait wait. What are you doing? What are WE doing? Is this still English class?

a)

Reverent

b)

Wrathful

c)

Baffled

4.

You think YOUR act was good? That was nothing. Wait until you see my performance. It’ll take 1st place for sure.

a)

Authoritative

b)

Erudite

c)

Insolent

5.

I don’t even understand why everyone praises them so much. All they do is dance and sing like every other group. What they do doesn’t seem hard at all.

a)

Irreverent

b)

Apathetic

c)

Lugubrious

6.

Yes, I will finish doing my list of chores when I get home. I can help you make dinner too if you want.

a)

Diffident

b)

Allusive

c)

Obsequious

7.

I will enjoy watching you die a slow and painful death as I flaunt my success in front of your face.

a)

Burlesque

b)

Malicious

c)

Satirical

8.

There’s no need to get so upset. People die all the time, what makes his death so special?

a)

Lyrical

b)

Earnest

c)

Callous

9.

Failing a test isn’t that big of deal. You can always do better next time!

a)

Sanguine

b)

Audacious

c)

Choleric

10.

You know what George Floyd and an anti-masker have in common? They can’t breathe.

a)

colloquial

b)

allusive

c)

facetious