Bits and Pieces

Vocabulary Quiz

Read the sentences and choose the best alternative.
Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

1. What do people sing at Christmas?
   a. carols
   b. lullabies
   c. lyrics
   AnswerA

2. Which word does not mean lovely?
   a. pleasant
   b. amusing
   c. faithful
   AnswerC

3. Who offers a house or an apartment for rent?
   a. a landlady
   b. a charwoman
   c. a tenant
   AnswerA

4. What do you put on the finger to protect it while sewing?
   a. a thumb
   b. a thimble
   c. a thorn
   AnswerB

5. Who sees that the rules are obeyed in a baseball game?
   a. a judge
   b. a referee
   c. an umpire
   AnswerC

6. What word does not refer to babies?
   a. pacifier
   b. milkweed
   c. cradle
   AnswerB

7. Which word completes the proverb: "Every _____has its day."
   a. tiger
   b. dog
   c. horse
   AnswerB

8. Which word does not mean dismal?
   a. queasy
   b. lugubrious
   c. gloomy AnswerA

(C) 1997 Vera Mello