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Pd.2 - Wk. 1 - L1 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A noun is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea. How many of the vocabulary words are considered nouns?

a)
two
b)
three
c)
four
d)
none
2.

Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven. How many of the vocabulary words are adjectives?

a)
four
b)
five
c)
six
d)
seven
3.

Verbs are words that represent actions that are external (run, jump, work) and internal (love, think, consider). How many of the vocabulary words are verbs?

a)
two
b)
three
c)
four
d)
none
4.

Answer each question below based upon the parts of speech for each vocabulary word.  

We can’t imagine the courage it took to do that.

a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
5.

Answer each question below based upon the parts of speech for each vocabulary word.  

The scariest villain of all time is Darth Vader.

a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
6.

Answer each question below based upon the parts of speech for each vocabulary word.  

She recognized me from across the room.

a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
7.

Answer each question below based upon the parts of speech for each vocabulary word.  

The doctor disagrees with your analysis.

a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
8.

Answer each question below based upon the parts of speech for each vocabulary word.  

A pride of lions roamed the savanna.

a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
9.
This kind of cancer can be so ___________ that patients often die with it than from it.
a)
sagacious
b)
indolent
c)
loquacious
d)
magnanimous
10.
We decided to plant a ________________ by the front steps so that we could enjoy it for many years.
a)
perennial
b)
cosmopolitan
c)
pyre
d)
indolent
11.
This man is Jean Biencourt, commonly called Potrincourt, of noble birth and a _______________ man.
a)
sagacious
b)
peruse
c)
magnanimous
d)
pyre
12.
Malaysia’s Batu Caves are a ____________site for Hindus all over the world
a)
peruse
b)
venerate
c)
posthumous
d)
pilgrimage
13.
The Marin Carbon Project’s approach is painstakingly data-driven—Wick loves the _____________ “Measure, map, model, and monitor to manage.”
a)
pyre
b)
perennial
c)
posthumous
d)
mnemonic
14.
During what would turn out to be a 12-year stint in office, Ferré transformed Miami from a one-trick tourist destination into a thriving _____________ city by fostering high-rise construction and opening the city’s ports to international business.
a)
cosmopolitan
b)
loquacious
c)
posthumous
d)
mnemonic
15.
When storm clouds start to form, _____________ leaders deal with them before things get out of hand.
a)
pyre
b)
sagacious
c)
venrate
d)
cosmopolitan
16.
In the meantime, feel free to ___________ the report, which can be read below.
a)
pyre
b)
venerate
c)
peruse
d)
indolent
17.
Philadelphia is home to some of the most ___________ medical institutions in the country
a)
sagacious
b)
loquacious
c)
perennial
d)
venerated
18.
It’s for my Dad, one of the most outgoing and ____________ people I know but who never really talks at length about his time in the Navy.
a)
posthumous
b)
loquacious
c)
indolent
d)
perennial
19.
In the years since his death, there have been no shortage of retrospectives and tributes, and ______________ works from the man himself, but on July 16 a documentary about his life will be hitting theaters.
a)
loquacious
b)
magnanimous
c)
sagacious
d)
posthumous
20.
Then there are the pictures of front-line workers performing final rites — lighting ___________ and lowering bodies into graves — of those they don’t even know.
a)
pilgrimages
b)
cosmopolitans
c)
mnemonics
d)
pyres