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"Indian in the Cupboard" Chapters 09-10 Vocab. Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

The bank customers and employees remained ________ on the floor of the bank until the robbers left. Luckily, the crooks were caught, and no one was injured.

a)

ornery

b)

deliberately

c)

prostrate

d)

cloak

2.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

After Jenny’s mom asked her if she wanted to mow the lawn, Jenny ________, “Oh, yes! That’s really how I wanted to spend my Saturday.”

a)

retorted

b)

pummeled

c)

infuriated

d)

hearitly

3.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

Maria greeted him ________with a huge smile and big hug.

a)

deliberatelly

b)

dolefully

c)

heartily

d)

retort

4.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

Telemarketers ________ my uncle because they always call when he’s taking a nap!

a)

relish

b)

pummel

c)

retort

d)

infuriate

5.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

Sandy’s ________, old neighbor keeps any frisbees or balls that fall in his yard. The children don’t like him very much.

a)

heartily

b)

ornery

c)

prostrate

d)

retort

6.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

“I don’t know why no one showed up to my birthday party,” the child said to his mother, ________, as he cried.

a)

dolefully

b)

deliberately

c)

heartily

d)

retort

7.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

Dracula is often shown wearing a dark tuxedo and a black ________.

a)

gown

b)

retort

c)

prostrate

d)

cloak

8.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

Nelson ________tripped his classmate as he came into the room.

a)

heartily

b)

relish

c)

deliberately

d)

dolefully

9.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

We saw two adults ________ each other at Walmart during the Black Friday sale over a new PS5 video game system!

a)

ornery

b)

pummeling

c)

dolefully

d)

relishing

10.

Directions:

Select the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

Mr. Crean has a great ________for a cup of coffee when he enters school in the morning!

a)

cloak

b)

heartily

c)

relish

d)

prostrate

11.

Directions:

Choose the synonym for the bold/underlined word in the sentence.

Even after her alarm clock rang, Samantha was lying flat on her bed with her head in her pillow. She did not want to go to work.

a)

ornery

b)

prostrate

c)

deliberately

d)

relish

12.

Directions:

Choose the synonym for the bold/underlined words in the sentence.

"The mall? I don't care where you want to go--you aren't borrowing my car!" Jason's mother replied sarcastically and then began reading her book.

a)

relish

b)

retorted

c)

prostrate

d)

pummeled

13.

Directions:

Choose the synonym for the bold/underlined words in the sentence.

Mindy energetically ate her spaghetti. After all, she had not eaten anything in 12 hours!

a)

relish

b)

dolefully

c)

heartily

d)

deliberately

14.

Directions:

Choose the synonym for the bold/underlined words in the sentence.

It angers teachers when students don't study for quizzes because they want their students to get the most out of their education.

a)

relishes

b)

infuriates

c)

retorts

d)

prostrates

15.

Directions:

Choose the synonym for the bold/underlined words in the sentence.

The neighborhood children looked scared as the grumpy old man began to scream at them for making too much noise.

a)

dolefully

b)

relish

c)

retort

d)

ornery