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Dickens Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'sombre' mean? The sombre light

a)

dark and gloomy

b)

rainy and stormy

c)

sunny and bright

d)

yellow and warm

2.

What does 'laden' mean? The donkey-carts laden with vegetables

a)

Carrying

b)

Broken

c)

Loaded

d)

Painted

3.

What does 'tumult' mean? A tumult of discordant sounds

a)

A high pitched noise

b)

A quiet noise

c)

A loud noise

d)

Silence

4.

What does 'discordant' mean? A tumult of discordant sounds

a)

Pleasant

b)

Low pitched

c)

High pitched

d)

Unpleasant

5.

What does 'perpetually' mean? A thick steam perpetually rising

a)

Never ending

b)

A small amount

c)

Aggressively

d)

Thickly

6.

What does 'squalid' mean? The unwashed, unshaven, squalid and dirty figures

a)

Short

b)

Filthy

c)

Mean

d)

Rude

7.

What word class is sombre? The sombre light

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

c)

Noun

d)

Adverb

8.

What word class is perpetually? A thick steam perpetually rising

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

c)

Noun

d)

Adverb

9.

What does 'stoutly' mean? A stoutly-built fellow

a)

Tall and brave

b)

Small and weak

c)

Thick and strong

d)

Fat and lazy

10.

What does 'soiled' mean? Very soiled, drab breeches

a)

Mud

b)

Made dirty

c)

Ground

d)

Clean

11.

What does 'drab' mean? Very soiled, drab breeches

a)

Dark

b)

Dull

c)

Dry

d)

Dirty

12.

What does 'frayed' mean? The long ends frayed

a)

Swayed

b)

Dirty

c)

Unravelled or become worn

d)

Dragged on the floor

13.

What does 'countenance' mean? He disclosed, when he had done so, a broad heavy countenance

a)

Beard

b)

Facial expression

c)

Body Language

d)

Grin

14.

What word class is 'countenance'? A broad heavy countenance

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

c)

Adverb

d)

Noun

15.

What word class is 'drab'? Very soiled, drab breeches

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

c)

Noun

d)

Adverb