WorksheetsWonders Unit 1.1 Vocabulary
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
1. Which word would complete the sentence correctly?
The ______ answered the students' questions about the insects common to the area.
debris
spectacular
naturalist
emphasis
Which word is a synonym for sheer as is used in the following sentence? The sheer sides of the canyon made it impossible for anyone to climb without rock-climbing experience.
transparent
vertical
total
dangerous
Which sentence DOES NOT use spectacular correctly?
The Grand Canyon is a spectacular sight to see.
The spectacular captured the attention of everyone.
The acrobats performed a spectacular routine.
The spectacular mountain views took my breath away.
Which of the following is the best example of debris?
people in a stadium watching a football game
leaves, acorns, and sticks that have fallen to the ground after a storm
flowers planted in a flower bed
trash cans set up along a path
Which word best completes the sentence?
The teacher shut the door with ________ to show that he wasn't happy with our talking.
indicated
emphasis
generations
sheer
Which word best completes the following sentence?
The slight yellowing of the leaves in August _______ that it was almost Autumn.
emphasis
encounter
sheer
indicated
Which TWO sentences uses the word generations correctly?
In my family, there are three generations-- my grandparents, my parents, and my cousins and me.
The computer generations answers when you do a search.
My sister found generations in the back yard.
Generations of Native Americans have lived in South Dakota.
Which sentence use the word debris correctly?
Many debris was planted along the pathway.
Do you know how to debris this fraction?
The angle was drawn at a forty-five debris angle.
Much of the debris left in the parking lot after the game was cleaned up by a big street-sweeping machine.
Which sentence using the word encounter correctly?
Harry had a brief encounter with a baby rabbit in his yard.
Tracy wasn't sure how to encounter the math problem.
The groceries were placed neatly on the kitchen encounter before they were put away in the cabinets.
The encounter of trash on the beach made the science teacher angry.
Which sentence does NOT use the word sheer correctly?
The walls of my house are sheer.
The sheer cliff has a guardrail around it to protect people.
It was a sheer drop from the road to the sea below.
Paul knows how to sheer sheep's wool.
What vocabulary word is "all of the people born and living about the same time"?
naturalist
encounter
emphasis
generations
Which word is a synonym of indicated?
told
answered
showed
frowned
Which word best completes the analogy, a comparison that shows relationships? Go is to leave as meet is to _________.
emphasis
encounter
spectacular
naturalist
Mr. Murduck is a (a) because he knows a lot about plants and animals and wants to protect them and the environment.
Which word is a SYNONYM of magnificent?
encounter
sheer
spectacular
generations
Which definition below best tells the meaning of emphasis?
to show by pointing
very steep; vertical
a meeting
special stress or importance given to something
