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Sadlier Blue Vocabulary Unit 6

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Read the sentences. Then choose the word that best completes both sentences.


The geyser will _______ again in an hour.

A _______ of oil stained the driveway.

a)

detect

b)

spurt

c)

justify

d)

accomplish

2.

Read the sentences. Then choose the word that best completes both sentences.


A _______ is not as valuable as the real thing.

A _______ copy is kept in the safe.

a)

duplicate

b)

strategy

c)

glamour

d)

haven

3.

Read the sentences. Then choose the word that best completes both sentences.


The _______ of this bowl is 6 quarts.

What is your _______ with the company?

a)

villain

b)

myth

c)

blunder

d)

capacity

4.

Read the sentences. Then choose the word that best completes both sentences.


The retired general is now a regular _______.

The fire department has _______ volunteers.

a)

cautious

b)

shrewd

c)

civilian

d)

luxurious

5.

Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the passage.


Owls must eat other animals to survive. As they hunt, it would be their _(5)_ if their presence became _(6)_ to the prey. (answer for # 5)

a)

undoing

b)

capacity

c)

fatigue

d)

dispute

6.

Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the passage.


Owls must eat other animals to survive. As they hunt, it would be their _(5)_ if their presence became _(6)_ to the prey. (answer for # 6)

a)

miniature

b)

apparent

c)

blunt

d)

productive

7.

Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the passage.


Therefore, owls use their natural gifts to _(7)_ the goal of catching food.

a)

despise

b)

emigrate

c)

blunt

d)

accomplish

8.

Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the passage.


One talent is that they can fly _(8)_ distances to search for food.

a)

shrewd

b)

hazy

c)

vast

d)

misleading

9.

Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the passage.


Another is their _(9)_ eyesight that lets them fly high and then swoop down on the prey.

a)

luxurious

b)

festive

c)

numerous

d)

keen

10.

Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the passage.


They can then quickly _(10)_and stay out of danger.

a)

withdraw

b)

straggle

c)

duplicate

d)

bluff

11.

Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the passage.


Finally, owls can hunt a night. Darkness helps _(11)_ them so they do not_(12)_ the prey. Prey that do not see or hear the owls coming are easier to catch.

*ANSWER TO # 11

a)

document

b)

conceal

c)

span

d)

scuffle

12.

Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the passage.


Finally, owls can hunt a night. Darkness helps _(11)_ them so they do not_(12)_ the prey. Prey that do not see or hear the owls coming are easier to catch.

*ANSWER TO # 12

a)

justify

b)

spurt

c)

provoke

d)

linger