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Skills Quiz 4/11

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The current events club had to decide whether to __________________ hunters’ rights or the child helmet law.

a)

exhibit

b)

debate

c)

acquire

d)

preserve

2.

We chose the child helmet law, the __________________ issue, because it was more relevant to students our age.

a)

latter

b)

sanitary

c)

widespread

d)

foe

3.

The members of our team gave such __________________ speeches in favor of the law that the other team won, although their arguments were more emotional than fact-filled.

a)

sprawl

b)

monotonous

c)

sanitary

d)

persuasive

4.

In 1994 a brutal __________________ took place in Rwanda, a country in Central Africa. Hundreds of thousands of people were injured or killed.

a)

massacre

b)

exhibit

c)

foe

d)

debate

5.

The major __________________ were the Hutu and Tutsi peoples.

a)

exhibits

b)

foes

c)

preserves

d)

achievements

6.

In overcrowded refugee camps, __________________ conditions were dangerously poor. Clean water, food, and medicines were in short supply.

a)

monotonous

b)

sanitary

c)

widespread

d)

cavernous

7.

Rescue workers found entire families __________________ on the ground. Many of these people were dying of starvation and disease.

a)

sprawling

b)

preserving

c)

acquiring

d)

exhibiting

8.

Many historians consider Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to be the greatest __________________ in public speaking this nation has produced.

a)

foe

b)

achievement

c)

debate

d)

sprawl

9.

The fame of this brief speech is so __________________ that most Americans—and even many from other nations—know the opening of it by heart.

a)

widespread

b)

monotonous

c)

sanitary

d)

preserved

10.

The Library of Congress __________________ a copy of the speech, written in Lincoln’s own hand. Only four other copies in his handwriting are still in existence.

a)

exhibits

b)

acquires

c)

preserves

d)

debates

11.

At the library the manuscript is carefully __________________ as a national historical treasure.

a)

sprawled

b)

preserved

c)

debated

d)

acquired

12.

Sometimes the document travels to Pennsylvania for __________________ in connection with special events at the actual site of the battle.

a)

debate

b)

acquisition

c)

exhibition

d)

preservation

13.

Which word in the sentence is a preposition? "The cat hid under the table during the storm."

a)

hid

b)

cat

c)

under

d)

storm

14.

"We found a secret path behind the old barn." Which word is the preposition?

a)

secret

b)

found

c)

behind

d)

barn

15.

"The dog ran across the field to chase the ball." Which word is the preposition?

a)

ran

b)

across

c)

chase

d)

dog

16.

"Please put your shoes by the door." Which word is the preposition?

a)

put

b)

shoes

c)

by

d)

door

17.

Match the following

a)

Proper Noun

1.

Koa

b)

Adjective

2.

cute

c)

Verb

3.

plays

d)

Conjunction

4.

or

e)

Noun

5.

poodle