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Mood and Tone Descriptive Vocabulary

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Used to describe a place or thing that is bright and pleasant and makes you feel positive and happy.

a)

morose

b)

daring

c)

cheerful

d)

grave

2.

Feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen.

a)

sympathetic

b)

incredulous

c)

sardonic

d)

apprehensive

3.

Making you feel more confident or hopeful.

a)

pathetic

b)

encouraging

c)

haunting

d)

timid

4.

Not wanting or not able to believe something, and usually showing this.

a)

cheerful

b)

confident

c)

incredulous

d)

haunting

5.

Calm and peaceful and without noise, violence, worry, etc.

a)

tranquil

b)

satiate

c)

foreboding

d)

apprehensive

6.

Very sad.

a)

sardonic

b)

sympathetic

c)

sorrowful

d)

confident

7.

Lacking respect.

a)

disrespectful

b)

anxious

c)

incredulous

d)

grave

8.

Not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever.

a)

tranquil

b)

flippant

c)

haunting

d)

timid

9.

Showing little respect in a humorous but unkind way, often because you think that you are too important to consider or discuss a matter.

a)

sardonic

b)

daring

c)

satiate

d)

encouraging

10.

seriously bad

a)

sardonic

b)

timid

c)

grave

d)

confident

11.

Beautiful, but in a sad way and often in a way that cannot be forgotten.

a)

flippant

b)

refreshed

c)

grave

d)

haunting

12.

Unsuccessful or showing no ability, effort, or bravery, so that people feel no respect.

a)

refreshed

b)

pathetic

c)

foreboding

d)

sardonic

13.

Brave and taking risks.

a)

pathetic

b)

sympathetic

c)

haunting

d)

daring

14.

Less hot or tired.

a)

refreshed

b)

daring

c)

pessimistic

d)

encouraging

15.

A feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon.

a)

sardonic

b)

foreboding

c)

incredulous

d)

apprehensive

16.

Unhappy, annoyed, and unwilling to speak or smile.

a)

cheerful

b)

confident

c)

tranquil

d)

morose

17.

Based on a guess and not on information.

a)

flippant

b)

speculative

c)

incredulous

d)

confident

18.

Shy and nervous; without much confidence; easily frightened.

a)

daring

b)

confident

c)

grave

d)

timid

19.

Thinking that bad things are more likely to happen or emphasizing the bad part of a situation.

a)

refreshed

b)

daring

c)

pessimistic

d)

timid

20.

Worried and nervous.

a)

pathetic

b)

anxious

c)

sorrowful

d)

grave

21.

If a character in a book or film is ___________, they are described or shown in such a way that you are able to understand the character's feelings, with the result that you like them.

a)

pessimistic

b)

sympathetic

c)

sorrowful

d)

encouraging

22.

Very sad.

a)

sardonic

b)

sympathetic

c)

sorrowful

d)

confident