English Grammar Worksheet - St John'S School (Page 5 of 7) in pdf

English Grammar Worksheet - St John'S School Page 5

56. The scandal was caused through ………………. gossip by some

people in the town. (insipid, malicious, tedious, stringy,

malpractice)

57. The ………………. child was very clever for his age (kindness,

handsome, precocious, phantasm, choked)

58. I could not tell even my most ……………. friends about the

problem ( deadly, anaemic, heinous, intimate, ungodly)

59. The …………………. murdered anyone who stood in his way

(priesthood, tyrant, malicious, belligerent, positive)

60. The pulling down of The Berlin Wall was partly a ……………………

gesture (treason, communist, symbolic, triumph, cowardice)

61. It was wonderful to hear the whole orchestra paying in

……………..( discord, harmony, flautist, boundaries, gorgeous)

62. I was very ………………. by my performance in the test, as I had

worked so hard. (disheartened, captivated, solidarity, personable,

autocrat)

63. The earthquake was ……………….. for the whole region

(challenging, annotate, catastrophic, gigantic, splendid)

64. I need some ……………help with all this paperwork ( secretarial,

special, mollify, gregarious, fecund)

65. Your ……………. manner is making people uncomfortable (

friendly, miserable, effective, haughty, forestry)

66. The railway ………………… at Waterloo station (agitate, travelling,

terminates, extraordinary, delegate

67. My remarks were taken out of ……………….. and have been

misunderstood ( friendliness, business, greatly, heartfelt, context)

68. The thieves were taken before the …………………and received a

heavy prison sentence (magician, troublesome, celebrity,

magistrates, clerk)

69. The committee wanted complete …………. rather than being

ordered about by the director (suggestible, behavioural, society,

autonomy, beneficial)

70. The five bishops were convicted of ………….. and sentenced to

burn at the stake ( enchantment, catholic, energetic, physique,

heresy)

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