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English 4A Unit 1-3 Vocabulary

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Check that something is true by careful investigation.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

2.

Come to a conclusion based on given information.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

3.

Look closely and carefully to discover something.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

4.

Information that causes one to believe something is true.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

5.

Test done to confirm if something is true.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

6.

The scientist found _____ that dinosaurs once lived on Earth.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

7.

Dr Parker and her team have to do more research to _____ their findings.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

8.

The scientists were able to _____ that the dinosaur did not grind its food as they could not find any grinding teeth in its jaws.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

9.

If you _____ the jaws of the dinosaur, you may find its teeth.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

10.

The scientists conducted many _____ in the laboratory.

a)

deduce

b)

examine

c)

verify

d)

experiments

e)

evidence

11.

My big brother is always ... in the morning because he hates getting out of bed.

a)

envious

b)

grumpy

c)

sympathetic

d)

jealous

12.

I really ... my grandfather for he is such a learned man.

a)

respect

b)

dislike

c)

fear

d)

despise

13.

I feel very ... about the karate competition tomorrow.

a)

rude

b)

friendly

c)

furious

d)

nervous

14.

Jade's mother scolded her furiously. The meaning of furiously ___

a)

understanding the feelings of others

b)

make somebody slightly angry

c)

bad feeling you have when you are in danger

d)

showing anger in an uncontrolled way

15.

She wanted to run away, out of fear. The meaning of fear ___

a)

understanding the feelings of others

b)

make somebody slightly angry

c)

bad feeling you have when you are in danger

d)

showing anger in an uncontrolled way

16.

Jade was annoyed when the girls laughed at her. The meaning of annoyed ___

a)

understanding the feelings of others

b)

make somebody slightly angry

c)

bad feeling you have when you are in danger

d)

showing anger in an uncontrolled way

17.

Alice sympathised with Jade and wanted to help her carry her books. The meaning of sympathised ___

a)

understanding the feelings of others

b)

make somebody slightly angry

c)

bad feeling you have when you are in danger

d)

showing anger in an uncontrolled way

18.

A new pupil came to our class today. I ___ with her because she was walking on crutches. I helped her carry her bag.

a)

furiously

b)

fear

c)

annoyed

d)

sympathised

19.

Some of my classmates teased her and she got ___ with them.

a)

furiously

b)

fear

c)

annoyed

d)

sympathised

20.

When one of the naughty boys pulled her hair, she shouted at him ___ . The boy was shocked.

a)

furiously

b)

fear

c)

annoyed

d)

sympathised

21.

Then, she took out a ruler from her bag. Out of ___ of being beaten, the boy ran away. He never teased her again after that.

a)

furiously

b)

fear

c)

annoyed

d)

sympathised

22.

without worth.

a)

worthless

b)

worthfull

23.

to be full of grace.

a)

graceless

b)

gracefull

24.

My best friend's German Shepherd is (without harm).

a)

harmless

b)

harmfull

25.

I am so (full of thanks) for my loving family and friends.

a)

thankless

b)

thankfull

26.

Charlie saw a (without a home) cat wandering the street.

a)

homeless

b)

homefull

27.

Mom always said to be ___ when crossing the street.

a)

wonderful

b)

careful

c)

careless

d)

worthless

28.

The spider that is on your show is completely ___

a)

beautiful

b)

wonderful

c)

harmless

d)

worthless

29.

Last night's sunset on the horizon was ___

a)

beautiful

b)

wonderful

c)

thankful

d)

harmless

30.

We are very ___ for all the help that we received.

a)

careful

b)

thankful

c)

careless

d)

worthless

31.

I dropped my cell phone into the tub and now it is ___

a)

careful

b)

careless

c)

harmless

d)

worthless

32.

Mark felt ___ against the strong winds on the bay.

a)

wonderful

b)

harmless

c)

worthless

d)

powerless

33.

The musical kids performed yesterday was ___

a)

beautiful

b)

wonderful

c)

worthless

d)

powerless

34.

Suzy was ___ and she broke mom's favorite vase.

a)

beautiful

b)

wonderful

c)

careful

d)

careless

35.

The arrogant boy ... about his good exam results.

a)

crowed

b)

horsed

c)

aped

d)

ducked

36.

The skinny boy ... out of the fight when he saw how big his opponent was.

a)

outfoxed

b)

chickened

c)

monkeyed

d)

wolfed

37.

The children ... about and missed their bus.

a)

crowed

b)

aped

c)

ducked

d)

horsed

38.

The hungry monkeys ... down the bananas.

a)

monkeyed

b)

crowed

c)

aped

d)

wolfed

39.

Ravi was having lunch with his team-mates from the softball team. He ___ his plate of noodles as fast as he could. Today was the big day. He needed all his energy. Later, he would be playing in the National Primary Schools Softball Finals that would be held in his school.

a)

crow about

b)

wolf down

c)

horse around

d)

duck

40.

Ravi was the best softball player in his school. He liked to ___ all the games he had won.

a)

crow about

b)

wolf down

c)

horse around

d)

duck

41.

Earlier, he had tried to ___ information about the opposing team from friends at the other school. None of his friends seemed to know much about them though. "Good luck, Ravi!" shouted a group of small boys. "No need to wish me good luck!" boasted Ravi. "We always win."

a)

wolf down

b)

duck

c)

fish for

d)

ape

42.

A bus arrived at the school gate. "Here they come!" shouted a team-mate. The other team got down from the bus. They all looked so muscular and tough. Suddenly, Ravi did not feel so confident anymore. He knew just by the look of the opposing players that his team might lose the game. He wanted to ___ of the game, but it was too late - everyone knew he was playing in the finals!

a)

crow about

b)

wolf down

c)

horse around

d)

chicken out

43.

The other team joked and ___ . They were very relaxed.

a)

crow about

b)

horse around

c)

chicken out

d)

ape

44.

The game started and Ravi was the first to bat. A ball come whizzing at him so fast he had to ___ . Very soon, he was out!

a)

wolf down

b)

duck

c)

chicken out

d)

ape

45.

He walked sadly off the field, head down, hands in pockets. The small boys ___ him by putting their hands in their pockets. "Ravi the show-off is out!" they laughed.

a)

duck

b)

fish for

c)

chicken out

d)

ape