National Reading Month

November 3-26, 2021

Read-a-Thon –

Reading for Vocabulary Building

Grade 10 Level
Directions: Read the questions/statements below and
show your answers by writing the letter in the
illustration board or bond paper. You may need to
refer to the selection as you may answer the items. You
are given 10 seconds to answer each question.
 
From the Selection: The Necklace
1. One of the following words below means complete
shock; horror; terrifying
a.aghast
b.askew
c.adulation
d.pauper
 
2.The old man was a ______ all his life. He was
always a poor person without anyone in his family to
help him in his daily needs. Fill the blank with the
correct word.
a.pauper
b.prospect
c.gamut
d.vexation
 
3.The rain fell __________ as they went
home to the village. What word will
complete the sentence? This word means
- Without stop; continuously
a.incessantly
b.pauper
c.privations
d.aghast
 
4. In times of trouble, people will do
excessive praise or worship to our God.
What word is referred by the underlined
phrase?
a. adulation
b. aghast
c. privations
d. disconsolate
From the Selection: The Garbage Glut
5.The writer of the article wonders if you have ever
walked past a trash can and noticed a foul smell. Here,
foul means
a.pleasant and cheery
b.silly
c.rotten or awful
d.delicious
 

6. All of the following are good definitions of

disgust except
a.Cause a feeling of excitement
b. Sicken
c. produce a feeling of distaste
d. makes ill or repulse
7. To give a clue to the meaning of merchandise, the
writer
a. links merchandise to goods bought and sold
b. uses the synonym garbage
c. disapproves of merchandise
d. note that people throw away merchandise
8. The writer reminds us that the garbage problem is
not temporary. Here,
temporary means
a. lasts a long time
b. does not last a long time
c. gigantic
d. will never go away
 
9. A revolution is taking place in the way people
think about garbage. You can tell from the statement
that revolution means:
a. a complete change
b. the environment
c. many people
d. time when no change takes place
10. To give a clue to the meaning of persuade, the writer
a. hints that to persuade is to bring about revolution
b. links persuade to our throwaway society
c. connects persuade to creating less garbage
d. asks if you have been talked into producing less
garbage.
11. The writer uses villain to describe people who
throw away too much trash. Here, villain means
a. hero
b. fighter
c. do-gooder
d. wrongdoer
12. Which of the following is an example of a way that toxic
garbage can be a hazard?

a. Toxic garbage easy to store

b. People are learning to produce less toxic garbage
c. Toxic garbage can get into the water supply
d. Toxic garbage can be recycled.
13. In the article, another word for guidance is
a. need
b. hope
c. advice
d. people
 
From the Selection: Daedalus and Icarus
14. The infamous labyrinth was so cunningly crafted that
Daedalus himself could barely find his way out after
constructing it. The underlined word is a
a. wings
b. maze
c. art
d. prison cell
15. He forgot his father’s stern advice; Icarus flew
close to the sun god Helios. The underlined term
means:
a. hard
b. strict
c. lofty
d. funny
From the Selection: The Necklace
16. Her husband quietly balks at the sum but agrees
that she may have the money. The underlined word
means:
a. gets angry
b. hesitates
c. was happy
d. no reaction
 17. Mathilde’s extraordinary beauty is now gone: she looks
just likes the other women of poor households. They are both
tired and irrevocably damaged from these years of hardship.
a. in a way that cannot be changed, reversed, or recovered.
b. instantly
c. strangely
d. temporarily
 
 18. Mathilde says that the change was on her account
and explains to her the long saga of losing the necklace,
replacing it, and working for ten years to repay the
debts.
a.Story
b.Joke
c.Dramatic monologue
d.Play
From the Selection: A Day in the Country
 
19. Fyokla, a little beggar-girl of six, is running through the
village, looking for Terenty the cobbler.
a. dressmaker
b. painter
c. shoemaker
d. pauper
20. They come out of the village and turn along the
dusty road towards the count's copse that lies dark
blue in the distance.
a.a small group of trees
b.cadaver
c.policemen
d. survives