WorksheetsKCMS Daily Dose Test 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
Abominable means:
funny
deserving or causing disgust
to weigh down
extremely difficult or tiresome
Encumber means:
to weigh down or burden
causing or deserving disgust
funny
extremely difficult or tiresome
Perilous means:
funny
to burden or weigh down
tiresome
dangerous
If someone is fickle, they
are funny
are always changing interests or loyalty
are weighed down
are causing or deserving disgust
My brother is cantankerous, so he is:
hard to get along with; ornery
funny
always changing interests or loyalty
weighed down
Arduous means:
funny
weighed down
extremely hard; tiresome
causing or deserving of disgust
Habitually means:
tired
disgusting
weighed down
commonly practiced
A squirrel may scurry to gather acorns. What does scurry mean?
weighed down
to walk very slow
to move quickly or scamper
a pleasing or sweet sound
Banter means:
to tease someone in a friendly way
causing or deserving of disgust
extremely hard or tiresome
weighed down
Implore means:
to tease someone in a friendly way
to ask for something with a serious state of mind or heavy heart
to feel burdened
to move quickly or scamper
Euphony means:
pleasing or sweet sound
tiresome
causing or deserving disgust
to move quickly
Inferior means:
hard to get along with
tired
weighed down
of little or less importance
If you are dejected, you are:
feeling sad or low in spirits
asking a question
burdened
funny
Which of the following is a simile?
She was a statue.
I ran home from school.
My friend is as fast as lightning.
I like pizza.
Which sentence DOES NOT contain a misplaced modifier?
He threw the ball to the girl made of orange rubber.
He threw the ball made of orange rubber to the girl.
They watched the sunset sitting on the porch.
They sitting on the porch watched the sunset.
Check the oxymorons below. You will have more than one to check.
jumbo shrimp
beautiful disaster
random mess
pretty ugly
shallow silence
Which sentence contains an oxymoron?
My sister sits alone in deafening silence.
Jamie's room is always organized.
I think I am a shallow failure.
The ballgame went by in sweet order.
Denotation means:
the feelings associated with a word
to add a note
the dictionary definition
to set something off
Connotation means:
the feelings associated with a word
to add a note
the dictionary definition
to set something off
Which of the following sentences contains a positive connotation?
I like fried chicken better than baked chicken.
You're such a chicken!
Frank is sweating and looks like he is hot!
Frank would like that girl's looks because she is really hot!
