Choosing the Right Word

Name: ______Date: ______ELA 8 Period: ______

Vocabulary – Level C – Unit 3 “Choosing the Right Word”

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate vocabulary word.

1. He joined the ______group of athletes who have run a mile in under four minutes.

2. The disease had so ______the poor woman that she was no longer able to leave her bed.

3. If all the members of the cast work in ______I am sure we will have a successful class show.

4. I refuse to ______with any order issued by a person who has absolutely no knowledge of the project I’m working on.

5. I know that you are a brilliant student, but I am still amazed that you could ______such a vast store of information so quickly.

6. Before we set out on the camping trip, our Scout leader ______special tasks and responsibilities to each one of us.

7. The ______child insisted on wearing sneakers to her sister’s wedding.

8. We can thank modern medical science for the increased ______of human beings in most parts of the world.

9. Trying to navigate through rush-hour traffic on a high-speed expressway can be a nightmare for a ______driver.

10. A number of cities ______with one another to be chosen as the site of a national political convention. 11. Since the town meeting tonight has been called to deal with conservation, only discussion ______to that subject will be allowed.

12. You will have to use a(n) ______to recover the lobster trap from the bottom of the bay.

13. Though we have made many outstanding contributions to the conquest of space, landing men on the moon is probably our most ______achievement.

14. The autumn night sky, with its ______of stars, always fills me with awe and wonder.

15. Father said, “I am ______not because you failed the exam, but because you still seem unable to understand why you failed it.”

16. There in the middle of the garden was a goat ______to a stake.

17. When he seemed hopelessly defeated, General George Washington crossed the Delaware River and launched a(n) ______surprise attack on the Hessians.

18. I am completely ______of sympathy for anyone who loses a job because of carelessness and indifference.

19. In wartime, it is not unusual for secret agents to be sent behind enemy lines in an effort to ______a rebellion.

20. Someday, when you see this event in its proper ______, you will realize that it is not as important as it seems now.