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Skullduggery

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Skullduggery means

a)

underhanded or dishonest behaviour

b)

unpredictable or unexpected

c)

forgetting your coat

d)

winning the lotto

2.

deceitful means

a)

complimenting someone

b)

being dishonest

c)

misleading others

d)

having no morals

3.

manipulation means

a)

making someone do what yo want

b)

telling a story

c)

being sly

d)

finding out the truth

4.

an unexpected event in a story is called.....

a)

a twist

b)

a hammer

c)

a turntable

d)

predictable

5.

fruad means

a)

to keep a secret

b)

to be late

c)

to have a spending problem

d)

criminal deception intended for financial gain

6.

underhanded means

a)

secretive

b)

sly

c)

dishonest

d)

all of the above

7.

a trick means

a)

to be able to do a flip

b)

helping someone

c)

a scheme to outwit someone

d)

paying your bills late

8.

unscrupulous means

a)

having no morals

b)

not being hungry

c)

being spoiled

d)

not being honest

9.

a --------- is a short description used to promote something such a book

(a)  

10.

the person who tells the story in a book or poem is called a

(a)  

11.

what is a describing word called?

a)

adjective

b)

verb

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

12.

what system do we use for answering questions?

(a)  

13.

who wrote 'The Great Detective'

(a)  

14.

Renounce means to formally declare one’s abandonment of a claim, right or possession

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Making a disturbingly harsh and loud noise or behaving in a noisy or disorderly way

a)

Raucous

b)

Simultaneously

c)

Casual

d)

Renounce

16.

A detailed and carefully arranged manner

a)

neat

b)

clean

c)

tidy

d)

elaborate

17.

insolently means

a)

to be late

b)

to be funny

c)

a rude act

d)

to be kind

18.

Relaxed and unconcerned

a)

happy

b)

fixating

c)

casual

d)

worried

19.

to do something simultaneously is to do it

a)

with a friend

b)

at the same time

c)

later in the day

d)

straight away

20.

scornfully means....

a)

Impressed

b)

quickly

c)

happily explaining a story

d)

Without respect or in a disdainful manner

21.

A manner indicating disbelief

a)

incredulously

b)

cynically

22.

A distrustful way that expresses a belief that people are motivated purely by self-interest

a)

skulduggery

b)

cynical