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WorksheetsSet 12
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Something that's thrilling or exciting is:
Pragmatic
Petulant
Galvanizing
Ubiquituous
Let me (a) (list) all the ways I love you: there are a lot, so this will take a while!
Ms. Hyder is an ______ NY Giants fan, even though they've sucked the last few years.
Avid
Surly
Petulant
Pragmatic
Things like using both sides of your papers, recycling, and keeping your tires filled with air are (a) because they save money in the end.
Which of these things are ubiquitous? (Check all that apply.)
Cell phones
Computers
Paper
Equality
Gummy Bears are kind of (a) to Sour Patch Kids, except that Sour Patch Kids are...um...sour.
If you're in a bad mood, you'd act: (Check all that apply)
Gregarious
Petulant
Surly
Pragmatic
It's easy to get ______ with the way things are and not want to change, but that can make us lazy. We should always try to better ourselves.
avid
petulant
analogous
complacent
Two words in this set that are analogous to each other are:
avid and petulant
pragmatic and ubiquitous
petulant and surly
disparage and complacent
Which of these things may a surly worker do?
praise his boss
disparage his boss
do really good work
go above and beyond to make his company great
The play Our Town warns us not to take things for granted in life, and not to become (a) with what we have because those things can be gone in a flash.
There's a common saying here in America: "Opinions are like butts: everyone has one." Since everyone has an opinion, and they're everywhere, we can say opinions are:
(a)
Lots of people think rollercoasters and scary movies are (a) ; I just think they're nuts. It's soooo not fun to be scared!
I swear, Hamlet acted like a ________ child throughout the play--surly at times, but mostly ________.
petulant
surly
pragmatic
ubiquitous
People are choosing tiny houses these days because they are ______ from a financial standpoint.
avid
pragmatic
analogous
enumerating
If you enumerate, you're doing something. So the word is a:
Noun
Verb
Adj
Adv
Which of these words is NOT an adjective (a describer)?
pragmatic
ubiquitous
analogous
disparage
"You are complacent with your life and you need to make a change." How am I using complacent in this sentence? (What's complacent talking about?)
N
V
Adj
Adv
If you like birds, A LOT, and you study birds, and have paintings of birds and photos of birds and your bedspread has images of birds all over it, we could say that you're ________ bird enthusiast.
a pragmatic
a galvanizing
an avid
a ubiquitous
"Analogous" means:
similar
identical
opposite
different
