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KCMS Daily Dose Test 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abominable means:

a)

funny

b)

deserving or causing disgust

c)

to weigh down

d)

extremely difficult or tiresome

2.

Encumber means:

a)

to weigh down or burden

b)

causing or deserving disgust

c)

funny

d)

extremely difficult or tiresome

3.

Perilous means:

a)

funny

b)

to burden or weigh down

c)

tiresome

d)

dangerous

4.

If someone is fickle, they

a)

are funny

b)

are always changing interests or loyalty

c)

are weighed down

d)

are causing or deserving disgust

5.

My brother is cantankerous, so he is:

a)

hard to get along with; ornery

b)

funny

c)

always changing interests or loyalty

d)

weighed down

6.

Arduous means:

a)

funny

b)

weighed down

c)

extremely hard; tiresome

d)

causing or deserving of disgust

7.

Habitually means:

a)

tired

b)

disgusting

c)

weighed down

d)

commonly practiced

8.

A squirrel may scurry to gather acorns. What does scurry mean?

a)

weighed down

b)

to walk very slow

c)

to move quickly or scamper

d)

a pleasing or sweet sound

9.

Banter means:

a)

to tease someone in a friendly way

b)

causing or deserving of disgust

c)

extremely hard or tiresome

d)

weighed down

10.

Implore means:

a)

to tease someone in a friendly way

b)

to ask for something with a serious state of mind or heavy heart

c)

to feel burdened

d)

to move quickly or scamper

11.

Euphony means:

a)

pleasing or sweet sound

b)

tiresome

c)

causing or deserving disgust

d)

to move quickly

12.

Inferior means:

a)

hard to get along with

b)

tired

c)

weighed down

d)

of little or less importance

13.

If you are dejected, you are:

a)

feeling sad or low in spirits

b)

asking a question

c)

burdened

d)

funny

14.

Which of the following is a simile?

a)

She was a statue.

b)

I ran home from school.

c)

My friend is as fast as lightning.

d)

I like pizza.

15.

Which sentence DOES NOT contain a misplaced modifier?

a)

He threw the ball to the girl made of orange rubber.

b)

He threw the ball made of orange rubber to the girl.

c)

They watched the sunset sitting on the porch.

d)

They sitting on the porch watched the sunset.

16.

Check the oxymorons below. You will have more than one to check.

a)

jumbo shrimp

b)

beautiful disaster

c)

random mess

d)

pretty ugly

e)

shallow silence

17.

Which sentence contains an oxymoron?

a)

My sister sits alone in deafening silence.

b)

Jamie's room is always organized.

c)

I think I am a shallow failure.

d)

The ballgame went by in sweet order.

18.

Denotation means:

a)

the feelings associated with a word

b)

to add a note

c)

the dictionary definition

d)

to set something off

19.

Connotation means:

a)

the feelings associated with a word

b)

to add a note

c)

the dictionary definition

d)

to set something off

20.

Which of the following sentences contains a positive connotation?

a)

I like fried chicken better than baked chicken.

b)

You're such a chicken!

c)

Frank is sweating and looks like he is hot!

d)

Frank would like that girl's looks because she is really hot!