WorksheetsUnit_8.Vocabulary
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a noun?
a)
A person, place, thing, or idea
b)
An action word
c)
Something that describes a person, place, thing, or idea
d)
Something that describes an action word
2.
What is a verb?
a)
An action word
b)
A person, place, thing, or idea
c)
Something that describes a person, place, thing, or idea
d)
Something that describes an action word
3.
What is an adjective?
a)
Something that describes a person, place, thing, or idea
b)
An action word
c)
A person, place, thing, or idea
d)
Something that describes an action word
4.
What is an adverb?
a)
Something that describes an action word
b)
An action word
c)
Something that describes a person, place, thing, or idea
d)
A person, place, thing, or idea
5.
What is the definition of connotation?
a)
An idea/feeling a word has in addition to its definition
b)
The dictionary definition of a word
c)
The way a word is pronounced
d)
The way a word is written phonetically
6.
Which of the following IS NOT a conjunction?
a)
The
b)
But
c)
Because
d)
Or
e)
And
7.
Which of the following IS NOT a conjunction?
a)
A/An
b)
For
c)
Nor
d)
So
e)
Yet
8.
The plan was ___, because no one read the directions, and when they did, the work was clumsy.
a)
bungled
b)
buttressed
c)
irritable
d)
cajoled
9.
The arches in the picture are ___ that support the roof of the building.
a)
buttresses
b)
cajoles
c)
botches
d)
callous
10.
The process of getting things done is so complicated that people have started calling it ___.
a)
A bureaucracy
b)
A callous
c)
A buttress
d)
A calumny
11.
A good article with strong evidence can ___ your argument about that issue.
a)
buttress
b)
calumny
c)
weaken
d)
candid
12.
Saying Mr. Gorelick is the best English teacher ever won't ___ him into not making you read.
a)
cajole
b)
candid
c)
libel
d)
cantankerous
13.
Harry was ___ when he forced Sally to perform even though her father had just died.
a)
callous
b)
cantankerous
c)
slander
d)
captious
14.
Politicians use ___ when they lie about their opponents to get people not to vote for them.
a)
calumnies
b)
captious
c)
laudable
d)
bungle
15.
Copying someone else's work prevents a teacher from seeing your abilities ___.
a)
candidly
b)
catholic
c)
botched
d)
captious
16.
The politician spoke her mind and went against her own party by making such ___ remarks.
a)
candid
b)
bungle
c)
weaken
d)
catholic
17.
Seeing how people act at home gives you a ___ look at how they really are.
a)
candid
b)
bureaucracy
c)
libel
d)
captious
18.
The ___ old man refused to cooperate with anyone, because he was in a bad mood.
a)
cantankerous
b)
buttress
c)
slander
d)
bureaucracy
19.
Calypso hoped her ___ words and actions would trap Odysseus into staying with her.
a)
captious
b)
cajole
c)
irritable
d)
bureaucracy
20.
Publishing written lies about someone in hopes to make them look bad is called ___.
a)
slander
b)
libel
c)
laudable
d)
cantankerous
21.
Going an TV and telling lies about someone is called…
a)
libel
b)
slander
c)
laudable
d)
botched
22.
The ___ student told the new kid in class about the pool on the roof to try and embarrass her.
a)
captious
b)
calumny
c)
irritable
d)
buttress
23.
Some people are very ___; no matter how well you do, they always find flaws in your work.
a)
captious
b)
cantankerous
c)
weaken
d)
buttress
24.
The ___ student loved reading, playing tennis, singing in the choir, and studying Chemistry.
a)
catholic
b)
buttress
c)
bungled
d)
candid
25.
Burping at a fancy dinner party might be considered…
a)
boorish
b)
abdicate
c)
apathy
d)
bravado
26.
Someone who says they know everything might be considered….
a)
bombastic
b)
abet
c)
appall
d)
brusque
27.
Despite warnings, the ___ comedian didn't think about if his performance would offend people.
a)
brash
b)
abhor
c)
apprehend
d)
abet
28.
Even if you're nervous, you might have some ____ when trying to impress someone.
a)
bravado
b)
abject
c)
arbitrary
d)
abhor
29.
I was completely ______ by the puzzle I bought yesterday
a)
baffled
b)
absolve
c)
arbitrate
d)
abject
30.
I was really ______ and excited to know who would win the Super Bowl.
a)
avid
b)
abstain
c)
array
d)
adjourn
31.
After having it for dinner every night chicken became ____, and my taste buds were tired of it.
a)
banal
b)
academic
c)
articulate
d)
accede
32.
After hearing the song on the radio so much the song had become _____ to her.
a)
banal
b)
accede
c)
askew
d)
adversity
33.
Because my dog growls at people, many people think he is fierce and aggressive, but he's actually very _____.
a)
benign
b)
acclimate
c)
assimilate
d)
advocate
34.
Caleb found it very ___ how he put his shoes in one place and they ended up in another.
a)
bizarre
b)
addicting
c)
astute
d)
aesthetic
35.
He kept ___ me with all his questions.
a)
badgering
b)
adjourn
c)
asylum
d)
affable
36.
He was ____ and was almost always looking for a fight.
a)
belligerent
b)
adverse
c)
atone
d)
affectation
37.
Her speech was so ___and bland.
a)
banal
b)
advocate
c)
atrocity
d)
affluence
38.
I am ____ about hockey, as I do not watch it.
a)
apathetic
b)
aesthetic
c)
atrophy
d)
aggregate
39.
I am ____ at the amount of money that families spend on matching clothes for pictures.
a)
baffled
b)
affable
c)
attrition
d)
agility
40.
I can tell that the boy didn’t want to be in Art class because of his ____ mood.
a)
apathetic
b)
affectation
c)
augment
d)
alienation
41.
I felt ___ when my friend was constantly trying to tell me what to do in a video game.
a)
badgered
b)
affectation
c)
attrition
d)
allegation
42.
I so ___ I was at a loss for words.
a)
baffled
b)
affluent
c)
augur
d)
allusion
43.
I was so ______ to do my school work, because I was so tired at looking at my screen.
a)
apathetic
b)
agenda
c)
augur
d)
ambient
44.
I watched the movie so many times it began to become very ____.
a)
banal
b)
aggregate
c)
austere
d)
ambivalence
45.
In a police car chase, the gunman was very _____.
a)
belligerent
b)
agile
c)
authentic
d)
amnesty
46.
In the show Cobra Kai, the characters are very hostile and ___ when it comes to karate.
a)
belligerent
b)
alienate
c)
avarice
d)
anachronistic
47.
It was _______ to see a pink tree in the middle of the dessert.
a)
bizarre
b)
allege
c)
bicker
d)
anarchist
48.
It was a bright sunny day before, out of nowhere, a _____ snow storm happened
a)
bizarre
b)
allude
c)
bland
d)
anathema
49.
Jonathan was very ____; he always loved money.
a)
avaricious
b)
ambience
c)
bleak
d)
anecdotal
50.
Me and me siblings _____ over little things sometimes.
a)
bicker
b)
ambivalent
c)
blight
d)
anomalous
51.
Mr. Krabs' _____ for money caused him to work harder.
a)
avarice
b)
amnesty
c)
blithe
d)
apathetic
52.
My aunt’s pit-bull looked very dangerous, but he is actually very ______ and likes to get petted.
a)
benign
b)
anachronism
c)
boisterous
d)
appalling
53.
My friend ___me into going to her brother's sports game.
a)
badgered
b)
anarchy
c)
bombastic
d)
apprehension
54.
My friend is ______ why her mom didn't call her.
a)
baffled
b)
anathema
c)
boorish
d)
apprehensive
55.
My friend's pet tiger was very intimidating and scary but was surprisingly ______ and did not hurt anyone.
a)
benign
b)
anecdote
c)
boycott
d)
atonement
56.
My mom is an ____reader of an author who is from the Philadelphia area; she's read all her books.
a)
avid
b)
anomaly
c)
brash
d)
atrocious
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