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Unit 13: You Better Work! (labor, oper, techni)

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define collaborator.

a)

teammate

b)

antagonist

c)

opponent

d)

contributor

2.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define laborious.

a)

easy

b)

strenuous

c)

effortless

d)

tiresome

3.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define elaborate.

a)

complex

b)

plain

c)

intricate

d)

natural

4.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define belabor.

a)

forget

b)

overdo

c)

dwell

d)

surrender

5.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define inoperable.

a)

broken

b)

ruined

c)

functioning

d)

perfect

6.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define operative.

a)

insignificant

b)

functioning

c)

important

d)

forgotten

7.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define technique.

a)

desire

b)

enjoyment

c)

method

d)

capability

8.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define technician.

a)

skilled

b)

clumsy

c)

lazy

d)

specialist

9.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define technicality.

a)

thought

b)

detail

c)

theme

d)

loophole

10.

Choose the two words that BEST explain or define cooperative.

a)

helpful

b)

rebellious

c)

distant

d)

supportive

11.

(n) - a person who works with another person or group in order to achieve or do something

a)

belabor

b)

inoperable

c)

collaborator

d)

operative

12.

The mural is so _____________ that no matter how many times you study it, there are still details to discover.

a)

elaborate

b)

laborious

c)

operative

d)

technicality

13.

We spent many _____________ hours trying to remove the stains from the carpet.

a)

collaborator

b)

belabor

c)

inoperable

d)

laborious

14.

(adj) - ready for use; capable of being used; most important

a)

operative

b)

technician

c)

elaborate

d)

inoperable

15.

The artist had learned a new ______________ for painting realistic trees.

a)

technicality

b)

technician

c)

technique

d)

cooperative

16.

(n) - a person whose job relates to the practical use of machines or science in an industry, medicine, etc.

a)

collaborator

b)

technician

c)

operative

d)

doctor

17.

(n) - a small detail in a rule, law, etc., and especially one that forces an unwanted or unexpected result; something that is understood by experts but usually not by other people

a)

belabor

b)

elaborate

c)

inoperable

d)

technicality

18.

Because every member was ____________, the group was able to accomplish many of its goals.

a)

cooperative

b)

elaborate

c)

laborious

d)

technique

19.

My laptop was ___________ after my dad spilled coffee on the keyboard.

a)

belabor

b)

technician

c)

operative

d)

inoperable

20.

(v) - to talk about something for too long; to repeat or stress something too much or too often; to attack or criticize someone

a)

collaborator

b)

belabor

c)

technique

d)

operative

21.

work

a)

labor

b)

oper

c)

techni

22.

skill, artistry

a)

labor

b)

oper

c)

techni