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Shades of meaning

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "shades of meaning" mean?

a)

When words are similar but have weaker and stronger meanings

b)

When words are about colors

c)

When words do not mean the same thing

2.

Which word below best completes this sentence?

It had been storming all day, so by the time I got home I was _____.

a)

damp

b)

wet

c)

soaked

3.

Which word below best completes this sentence?

During the moment of silence, John ______ to his friend when he asked him a question.

a)

spoke

b)

whispered

c)

responded

4.

Read the sentence. Then replace the underlined word with the word with the strongest (most intense) meaning.


His little brother's hands were dirty!

a)

filthy

b)

muddy

c)

soiled

d)

stained

5.

Select the best word that completes the sentence.

I became ________ when I couldn't solve the riddle.

a)

frustrated

b)

mad

c)

angry

d)

irate

6.

Select the best word that completes the sentence.

I could see that Tim was angry by the way he ________ away.

a)

strolled

b)

marched

c)

walked

d)

trotted

7.
Eva ________ toward the finish line.
a)
jogged
b)
scurried
c)
raced
d)
rushed
8.
Mrs. Stine drank her Mountain Dew slowly, taking only small _________.
a)
gulps
b)
sips
c)
drinks
d)
swallows
9.
Taylor was __________ after hiking ten miles up the mountain. 
a)
exhausted
b)
drowsy
c)
weary
d)
d. tired
10.
Dylan and Quintin
_______ on the phone for nearly an hour.
a)
chatted
b)
conversed
c)
spoke
d)
murmured