Name: ____________________________________ Section: ________________ Score: _________

I. Read these lists of words carefully. You need to put them in order according to their meaning. ‘Ask
yourself which word has the strongest meaning? Which has the weakest meaning?’ Write the weakest
words first.

1. sizzling, boiling, hot, steaming _________________________________

2. eat, gobble, nibble _________________________________
3. sip, swig, swallow, gulp _________________________________
4. wreck, destroy, damage _________________________________
5. shining, sparkling, glittering, dazzling _________________________________
6. pretend, fake, phoney _________________________________
7. boring, dull, tedious, uninteresting _________________________________
8. speak, mumble, whisper, talk _________________________________
9. great, big, huge, gigantic _________________________________
10. sleepy, tired, asleep _________________________________

II. Complete these sentences with the strongest word in each set.
1. John _____________________ the door loudly. (shut, slammed, banged)
2. She _____________________ for help. (shrieked, screamed, yelled)
3. The towels were ________________________. (hairy, scratchy, rough)
4. The ____________ brown fox jump over the fence. (speedy, rapid, quick)
5. May’s weather was ______________________. (scorching, hot, warm)
6. “What do you think you are doing?” ______________________. (whispered, snapped,
yelled)
7. Joe was ____________________ when his puppy went missing. (sad, depressed, tearful,
heartbroken)
8. The scientists saw an ___________________ comet in 1952. (huge, enormous, gigantic)
9. We need to use a microscope to see the _____________________ bacteria.
(microscopic, tiny, small)
10. She is a bit shy to speak to others but she considers herself, ____________________.
(gregarious, outgoing, friendly)

CHEATING IS A CHOICE.