NOV.

22, 2018
ENGLISH GRADE 7 MATAPAT 2:00-3:00 PM
Vocabulary exercises using context clues.
I. Direction: Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the
word given in the brackets.
1. The Nazi war criminals were condemned for crimes against ……………… (human)
2. Unable to bear the ……………… he left his village. (humiliate)
3. The play was so …………….. that the audience laughed through it. (humor)
4. …………………. of the jewels was made by the owner. (identify)
5. It would be …………………. to antagonize such an influential politician. (idiot)
6. An ……………………. set designer can always enhance a play. (imagination)
7. Lending someone your passport is an …………………… thing to do. (imbecile)
8. The newsmen discussed the political ………………….. of the war. (implicate)
9. Low morale can render an army …………………. (impotence)
10. His account of the robbery was hysterical and ………………… (incoherency)
NOV. 23, 2018
ENGLISH GRADE 7- MATAPAT: 2:00-3:00 PM
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. Choose your answers
from the given options.
1. It was such a ………………. state of affairs that we had to laugh.
comic
categorical
brazenomic / comical – funny, humorous, laughable
2. The senator’s ………………… made him intolerant of other countries.
brashness
stupidity
chauvinismauvinism – super patriotism
3. The teacher ………………… the child for arriving late.
chastised
reprimanded
censured the above
To chastise is to punish or scold. All of these words mean the same.
4. Without rules, people would live in a state of ……………….
chaos
harmony
bunglmoil, upheaval, confusion
5. The minister made a ………………….. denial of the charges that he had taken
bribes.
brazen
categorical
brashrical – absolute, unconditional
6. The plumber …………………. the job and now the pipe leaks.
bungled
abashed
chastisengle – do badly, make a mess of
7. How can you believe such a ………………….. lie?
brazen
white
sordid – impudent, shameless
8. Buying the house without having it appraised was …………………
brazen
brash
impudenth – rash, reckless, careless
9. It is important to ............................. with those in trouble to really understand
their suffering.
empathize emote
devisepathize is to share the feelings of another person.
10. The spy checked into the hotel under a ............................ name.
figurative
fictitious
alien
Fictitious - unreal or false
Answers
1. It was such a comic / comical state of affairs that we had to laugh.
2. The senator’s chauvinism made him intolerant of other countries.
3. The teacher chastised the child for arriving late.
4. Without rules, people would live in a state of chaos.
5. The minister made a categorical denial of the charges that he had taken bribes.
6. The plumber bungled the job and now the pipe leaks.
7. How can you believe such a brazen lie?
8. Buying the house without having it appraised was brash.
Meanings
Comic / comical – funny, humorous, laughable
Chauvinism – super patriotism
Chastise – punish, reprimand, scold
Chaos – turmoil, upheaval, confusion
Categorical – absolute, unconditional
Bungle – do badly, make a mess of
Brazen – impudent, shameless
Brash – rash, reckless, careless
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
ENGLISH GRADE 8 MARANGAL 11:00- 12:00 AM

Vocabulary worksheet
Direction: Use contextual clues to get the correct meaning of the underlined word.

From the given options find the word that means the same as the underlined word.
1. His strength faded after the operation.
a) increased
b) declined
c) remained the same
2. An addressing machine facilitates the handling of bulk mail.
a) make things easier
b) slow down
c) make something redundant
3. She put on a façade of confidence to hide her nervousness.
a) pretense
b) affliction
c) affection
d) nonchalance
4. The fox tried desperately to extricate itself from the trap.
a) involve
b) liberate
c) intricate
d) exalt
5. She speaks German with facility.
a) effort
b) fluency
c) difficulty
d) style
6. It is a fallacy that everyone needs the same amount of sleep.
a) fact
b) logic
c) illusion
d) surety
7. His religious fanaticism led him to execute heretics.
a) cynicism
b) obsession
c) indifference
d) skepticism
8. Freedom of the press is a farce under a dictatorship.
a) reality
b) tragedy
c) mockery
d) fantasy
9. Meeting him was a fateful moment in his life.
a) ordinary
b) trivial
c) crucial
d) pleasant
10. It is not feasible to make the trip in one day.
a) impossible
b) possible
c) adventurous
d) important
Answers
1. faded = declined
2. facilitates = makes things easier
3. façade = pretense
4. extricate = liberate
5. facility = fluency
6. fallacy = illusion
7. fanaticism = obsession
8. farce = mockery
9. fateful = crucial
10. feasible = possible