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How to talk about what goes on

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What verb, ending in -ate, means:


to exhaust?

to scold severely?

to deny oneself?

4 lines
2.

(With reference to the word in Italics do you answer the following)

Should you feel enervated after a good night's sleep?

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

Helpful: Aspirin doesn't cure any diseases. Yet this popular and inexpensive drug is universally used to lighten and relieve various unpleasant symptoms of disease: aches and pains, fever, inflammations etc.,


What verb expresses the action of aspirin?

a)

to alleviate

b)

to intimate

4.

to surrender is C (a)  

5.

Complete exhaustion

a)

enervation

b)

castigation

c)

abnegation

d)

alleviation

6.

Being altruistic is always good affair. You are selfless and self-sacrificing. You always take the other desires first and even when there is a conflict, You try to show concern. For any difference, You can't bear and leave a low esteem towards you. That means, You do______

a)

to simulate

b)

to alleviate

c)

to self-abnegate

7.

Do motorists who have been caught speeding sometimes start castigating the police officer

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

Which verb from the following ending in -ate, means:


to exhaust?

a)

to enervate

b)

to castigate

c)

to simulate

9.

Which verb from the following ending in -ate, means:


to scold severely?

a)

to enervate

b)

to castigate

c)

to ab-negate

10.

Which verb from the following ending in -ate, means:


to pretend?

a)

to intimate

b)

to alleviate

c)

to simulate

11.

enervated-exhilarated

a)

same

b)

opposite

12.

castigate-praise

a)

same

b)

opposite

13.

intimate-hint

a)

same

b)

opposite

14.

vacillate-decide

a)

same

b)

opposite

15.

Pretend is s_______________

a)

simulate

b)

self-abnegate

16.

scold is c_________

a)

castigate

b)

commiserate

17.

recapitulate is summarize

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Saying No to oneself

a)

self abnegation

b)

self appraisal

c)

self sustain

19.

to surrender means ______

a)

castigate

b)

decapitate

c)

recapitulate

20.

vacillatory and oscillate

a)

same

b)

opposite