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Unit 2A Week 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the four words that have one syllable.

a)

poise

b)

mourn

c)

deft

d)

vast

e)

recur

2.

Choose the 4 words that have two syllables.

a)

falter

b)

novel

c)

recur

d)

rueful

e)

mourn

3.

Choose the 4 words that have three syllables.

a)

staccato

b)

tentative

c)

reluctant

d)

dubious

e)

imperious

4.

Choose the 2 words that have four syllables.

a)

imperious

b)

condescending

c)

exasperated

d)

dubious

e)

tentative

5.

Choose the word that has five syllables.

a)

exasperated

b)

imperious

c)

tentative

d)

condescending

6.

Abigail’s _?_ fingers quickly tied the myriad ribbons at the ends of her sister’s braids.  

a)

deft

b)

vast

c)

falter

d)

condescending

7.

Brandon’s steps began to _?_ as he rounded the last curve of the track; he had spent all his strength too early, and while he had pulled ahead of the pack early, now people were beginning to pass him up.

a)

falter

b)

condescending

c)

staccato

d)

novel

8.

Doubtful is to dubious as hesitant is to _?_.  

a)

tentative

b)

imperious

c)

dubious

d)

exasperated

9.

George felt _?_ when his little brother kept pestering the guests at his party.

a)

exasperated

b)

vast

c)

deft

d)

falter

10.

Girls used to be instructed on _?_; this is where the idea of girls walking with books on their heads comes from.  

a)

poise

b)

rueful

c)

reluctant

d)

tentative

11.

I resent Gwendolyn’s _?_ attitude toward me; she always acts like she’s doing me a huge favor just to notice I’m alive.  

a)

condescending

b)

staccato

c)

novel

d)

recur

12.

Janey had to smile at the _?_ four-year-old’s unreasonable demands, but she was glad she wasn’t in charge of the bossy child.  

a)

imperious

b)

dubious

c)

exasperated

d)

deft

13.

Mulan gasped as she took in the sight of the _?_ Hun army pouring over the top of the mountain ridge.

a)

vast

b)

falter

c)

condescending

d)

staccato

14.

Olive gave her friend a _?_ smile when the chaperones said she was not allowed to enter the dance since she didn’t attend this school anymore.  

a)

rueful

b)

poise

c)

mourn

d)

imperious

15.

People used to _?_ in visible ways as well as emotional; they would wear all black clothing for a prescribed  period of time  or perhaps a black arm band.  

a)

mourn

b)

poise

c)

rueful

d)

reluctant

16.

The friends cowered under a table in the dark kitchen as the _?_ sounds of the sinister woman’s high-heeled shoes approached.  

a)

staccato

b)

novel

c)

recur

d)

mourn

17.

The giant dog was clearly _?_ to get into the car to go to the vet; three people were coaxing and shoving him through the door.  

a)

reluctant

b)

rueful

c)

poise

d)

mourn

18.

The students gave Mrs. Jones _?_ looks when she assured them that they would love the 17 page poem they would be studying today; they doubted they would like it.   

a)

dubious

b)

exasperated

c)

deft

d)

vast

19.

We will be reading a _?_ in class; I’m looking forward to focusing on fiction.  

a)

novel

b)

recur

c)

mourn

d)

poise

20.

Whenever Lucy thinks she would like to learn to swim, the memories of a disastrous pool party as a child _?_ to her.  

a)

recur

b)

mourn

c)

poise

d)

rueful