Worksheets"Thank You Ma'am" Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Identify the meaning of the underlined term below.
“Sweat popped out on the boy’s face and he began to struggle. Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck, and continued to drag him up the street.”
A friendly greeting between two people which includes placing one’s arm around another
A wrestling hold with one arm under the opponent’s arm from behind to the back of the neck
An exercise which helps build stronger neck muscles
Identify the meaning of the underlined term below.
“He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans.”
“The woman said, “You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong. Least I can do right now is to wash your face. Are you hungry?”
Weak or fragile
Tall or lengthy
Pale or faded
Identify the meaning of the underlined term below.
“I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes,” said the boy.
“Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes,” said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. “You could of asked me.”
Leather with a sport emblem
Leather with a soft, fuzzy surface
Leather with blue tie dye
Identify the meaning of the underlined term below.
“So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable.”
To appear in one’s finest clothing
To appear as a middle-class citizen
To appear decent enough to be seen in public
Identify the meaning of the underlined term below.
“He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.”
To be misunderstood
To have no confidence in
To have a difficult time telling the truth
Identify the meaning of the underlined term below.
“The boy wanted to say something else other than ‘Thank you, ma’am’ to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door. He barely managed to say ‘Thank you’ before she shut the door. And he never saw her again.”
Empty or deserted
Clear or see through
Small or minute
Frail: Weak or fragile
Which of the following words is an antonym for the word frail?
Fragile
Strong
Unstable
Presentable: To appear decent enough to be seen in public
Which of the following words is an antonym for the word presentable?
Acceptable
Satisfactory
Messy
Mistrusted: To have no confidence in
Which of the following words is a synonym for the word mistrusted?
Doubt
Trust
Confidence
Barren: Empty or deserted
Which of the following words is a synonym for the word barren?
Jammed
Loaded
Vacant
