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WorksheetsVocab 4.1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Hospitable
To tease or torment
Generous or friendly to guests and visitors
Feeling doubt, uncertainty, or suspicion
An outward appearance
Amiable
Silly or not serious; not important
Agreeable; being friendly and sociable
To destroy someone or something completely
A feeling or belief that something is going to happen
Dubious
Feeling doubt, uncertainty, or suspicion
Not able to be explained or understood
To bring to mind; recall
To waste away physically
Presumptuous
Readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
To come forth
Not able to be explained or understood
Too confident, especially in a way that is rude; arrogant
Credulity
To bring to mind; recall
Shelter or protection from danger or trouble
Agreeable; being friendly and sociable
Readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
Frivolous
Silly or not serious; not important
Agreeable; pleasing in nature or character
Too confident, especially in a way that is rude
To force or drive, especially to a course of action
Synonym for Hospitable
Welcoming
Unfriendly
shelter
Superficial
Antonym for Frivolous
Hesitant
Foolish
Friendly
Serious
Synonym for Dubious
Small
Positive
Sociable
Uncertian
Synonym for Presumptuous
Pushy
Cautious
Cheerful
Forgiving
Antonym for Credulity
Naive
Foolish
Suspicion
Impressive
Synonym for Amiable
Aloof
Pleasant
Arguable
Irritable
Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
Deserts cover one fifth of the surface of the Earth.
Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth
One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert
Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth's surface.
Deserts cover more than half of the Earth's surface
Choose the sentence that BEST paraphrases this sentence:
A high school student usually has summer reading assignments.
It is a common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments.
A high school student always has homework assignments in the summer.
Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments
Most summer school students have high school reading to do.
Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
Dragonflies have six legs, but they can’t walk.
Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk, and I think that this is odd.
Dragonflies have six legs.
Although Dragonflies have six legs, they can't walk.
Even though they have six legs, dragonflies cannot walk.
When do you have to cite your sources?
We do not have to cite sources.
Only if your teacher tells you to.
Whenever you use information from an author or a reference source.
Only when you have time.
Why should you read the passage multiple times before paraphrasing?
To make sure you're not just copying what you read
In order to add your own thoughts and ideas to the passage
To test yourself how well you remember the passage
Because paraphrasing with an open book is a form of cheating
What is the best synonym for "paraphrase?"
Copy
Restate
Plagarize
Invent
A good paraphrase:
Is always shorter than the original piece
Contains exact words and phrases from the original
Doesn't sound like the original piece of writing
When should you use quotation marks?
When you want to offer your own opinion on a text
When you are not sure if what the author is saying is correct
When you want to remember a particular piece of information
When you have used words and phrases that are unique to the original material
