ww10Grade7

Choose the best way to complete each sentence or answer each question. Then fill in the circle next to your answer.

To avert your eyes is to

• blink them repeatedly.

• open them.

• shut them.

• turn them away.

Someone with a nimble mind is

• clever.

• suspicious.

• lazy.

• disorganized.

A person’s plight is

• his or her personality.

• his or her family.

• a difficult situation he or she is in.

• a school or college he or she attends.

The lion mutilated its prey. It

• hid from its prey.

• chased its prey.

• smelled its prey.

• tore its prey apart.

Mona’s behavior verges on the ridiculous. This means that she behaves in a manner that is

• absolutely ridiculous.

• not at all ridiculous.

• close to ridiculous.

• unkind.

Which is an aquatic sport?

• baseball

• swimming

• gymnastics

• basketball

Which of these would you be most likely to do blithely?

• study for an important test

• work out at soccer practice

• babysit your little brother

• play Frisbee in the park with friends on a summer day

Find a SYNONYM for the bold word: lethal

• flawed

• critical

• deadly

• rough

Find a SYNONYM for the bold word: assertion

• response

• question

• declaration

• excuse

Find a SYNONYM for the bold word: blithe

• kind

• cheerful

• generous

• beautiful