Nam Phong Vocab Quiz 4

Match the words to their definitions:

• patched

• fair

• nerves

• The white fibers in our body which transmit impulses of sensation between the brain, spinal chord, muscles and organs.

• loyal

• to inhabit, live OR to think about a lot, focus on

• dwell

• to be a supportive friend who stays with you even in difficult times

• just

• an adjective for something that has been repaired with patches of fabric.

Match the words to their definitions:

• frayed

• a long piece of fabric wrapped around one's head, often for religious reasons

• absurd

• snatched, grabbed, taken forcefully

• turban

• an adjective for fabric that has its fibers coming out, worn at the edges

• seized

• had their head chopped off

• beheaded

• bizarre, crazy, very strange, ridiculous

A knight should always be ​ (a)   and fair.

Her dress was ​ (b)   and tatty.

Yousef's ​ (c)   were getting the better of him; he turned and ran off the stage.

King Henry VIII of England had two of his wives ​ (d)   in the 16th century.

My husband is a sikh so he wears a ​ (e)   as part of his faith.

• just
• frayed
• nerves
• beheaded
• turban

Two owls ​ (a)   in the forest by my house; I often hear them hooting to each other.

He says some ​ (b)   things because he likes to shock people.

Tasha was a ​ (c)   friend to Kaitlyn; she was always there for her when Kaitlyn needed a friend.

When I brought my phone to school, the teacher​ (d)   it and told me to collect it at the end of the day.

I ​ (e)   up my shirt after it got torn and ripped.

• dwell
• absurd
• seized
• patched
• loyal

A tarantula ​ (a)   in a hole in my bedroom wall.

I like to have friends who are​ (b)   and trustworthy.

Professor Snape was not a ​ (c)   teacher; he often favoured his own students.

Queen Anne Boleyn was ​ (d)   for treason on Tower Hill in 1536.

His trousers were ​ (e)   and his shirt was too small but somehow, Trevor aced the interview.

• dwells
• loyal
• just
• beheaded
• frayed

I have a problem with my ​ (a)   and I keep getting shooting pains and spasms down my back and legs.

Ursula was mortified when her brother ​ (b)   her diary and started reading it aloud.

She always wears a ​ (c)   so I've never seen her hair.

'I've just had an ​ (d)   idea!' announced Mrs Waters. 'What if we keep the puppy ourselves?'

After I fell off my bike, a neighbour ​ (e)   me up and took me home.

• nerves
• seized
• turban
• absurd
• patched

Reorder the letters to spell the word that matches the definition:

To inhabit, to live in OR to focus on and think about too much

• d

• e

• w

• ll

Which word could go in the blank?

It does not do to _______ on the past.

• dwell

• just

• patched

• seized

Which word could go in the blank?

The nurse cleaned my graze and _______ it up with a plaster.

• dwell

• just

• patched

• seized

Which word could go in the blank?

I think he spends an ________ amount of time playing football but he really enjoys it.

• just

• absurd

• nerves

• seized