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Vocabulary Quiz: A Christmas Carol

Total questions: 1

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1-10.
1.

What does the word 'ambition' mean?

a)

A gloomy and depressing feeling

b)

A type of giant from myths and fairy tales

c)

A particular goal or aim

d)

A feeling of dizziness

2.

How would you describe something that is 'dismal'?

a)

A strong desire for success

b)

Extremely serious, unhappy, and quiet

c)

Gloomy and depressing

d)

Playful and silly

3.

What does the word 'giddy' mean?

a)

A combination of playful and silly, and filled with joy

b)

A type of giant from myths and fairy tales

c)

A feeling of dizziness

d)

A particular goal or aim

4.

If you 'heed' someone's advice, what do you do?

a)

Disagree with it

b)

Mock it

c)

Pay close attention to it and do what they suggest

d)

Ignore it

5.

What does 'miserly' mean?

a)

A frightening giant from myths and fairy tales

b)

Old and worn out

c)

Extremely serious, unhappy, and quiet

d)

Stingy and ungenerous

6.

How would you describe someone who is 'morose'?

a)

Frightening and cruel

b)

Playful and silly

c)

Gloomy and depressing

d)

Extremely serious, unhappy, and quiet

7.

What is an 'ogre'?

a)

A particular goal or aim

b)

A person who is frightening and cruel

c)

A nice and thoughtful person

d)

A gloomy and depressing feeling

8.

How would you describe something that is 'shabby'?

a)

A strong desire for success

b)

A feeling of dizziness

c)

A particular goal or aim

d)

Old and worn out

9.

What does the word 'galvanize' mean?

a)

To shock or excite a person into taking action

b)

The absence of justice

c)

Treatment that is just and fair

d)

The improvement or correction of what is wrong in a system or society

10.

What is 'injustice'?

a)

To shock or excite a person into taking action

b)

Treatment that is just and fair

c)

The improvement or correction of what is wrong in a system or society

d)

The absence of justice