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Glastonbury extract

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of word is "slippery?"

a)

a noun

b)

a verb

c)

an adverb

d)

an adjective

2.

What type of phrase is "like a gleaming otter?"

a)

descriptive

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

3.

Which of the following is the right synonym for "waft?"

a)

wave

b)

float

c)

weave

d)

walk

4.

Which of the following is the right synonym for "dilated?"

a)

widened

b)

dissolved

c)

diluted

d)

resided

5.

What does "grandiose" mean?

a)

unpleasant

b)

imprecise

c)

impressive

d)

granulated

6.

What is another word for "devastation?"

a)

vast

b)

terminal

c)

destruction

d)

instruction

7.

What is a "mooring?"

a)

a greeting

b)

a rope

c)

a bird

d)

a woman's name

8.

What does "initial" mean in the phrase "my initial reaction was..?"

a)

name

b)

feeling

c)

first

d)

second

9.

What is another word for "undiluted?"

a)

unsolved

b)

dilated

c)

disolved

d)

pure

10.

To resign yourself to a situation means....

a)

to change a situation

b)

to leave a job

c)

to replace something

d)

to accept a situation

11.

What does "salubrious" mean?

a)

pleasant

b)

to salute someone

c)

disagreeable

d)

greasy

12.

What does "preserve" mean?

a)

to get rid of something

b)

to deserve something

c)

serve someone else before yourself

d)

to keep something in the same state

13.

Which word is the best word to replace the word "wackiness?"

a)

quietest

b)

craziness

c)

toughest

d)

diziness

14.

What does to loathe mean?

a)

to make bread

b)

to dislike greatly

c)

to make bubbles using soap

d)

to be very slow

15.

What kind of word is "cheerily?"

a)

a verb

b)

an adjective

c)

an adverb

d)

a noun