KUEN CHENG HIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLASS TEST 2 VOCABULAR & LITERATURE
NAME: (
MARKS: .

CLASS: .

A. Fill in the blanks with the right part of speech.

VERB
accept
compare
deny
4.
empathise
6.
lament
8.
rationalise

NOUN
acceptance
2.
3.
divegence
empathy

ADJECTIVE
1
comparative
deniable
divergent
Empathic/empath
etic
familiar
7.
patronising
rational

ADVERB
Acceptable
Comparatively
Deniably
Divergently
5.

familiarity
familiarly
Lamentation/lament
Lamentably
Patron/patronage
Patronizingly
Rationalization/ratio
9.
nality
subvert
subversion
10
subversively
B. For each question, fill the space in the sentence using the base word
given in bold at the end. The required word may be a noun, adverb,
adjective or verb and it may be either positive (e.g. helpful) or negative
(e.g. unhelpful).
1. The Sultan spent over fifty million dollars making the capital city's main hotel
the most in the country. (luxury)
2. Police working on solving the bank robbery have by chance .. a plan
to murder a leading politician. (cover)
3. We should go and eat at "Franco's" which is .. a great little
restaurant. (suppose)
4. 7. Stop sitting there looking so bored and Get up and find
something to do! I don't want you sitting around the house like this all summer.
(enthusiasm)
5. If you have any problems finding things, just ask Roger. He is
very . and will tell you where to find what you want. (help)
6. You paid $25 for a simple breakfast?! They have certainly .. you ! You
should go back and complain. (charge)
7. The gang robbed three banks in the same city and all at about the same time.
Not .. they were caught by the police during the fourth attempt.
(surprise)
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8. Anyone being rude and . to our staff will be asked to leave the
premises immediately.
(abuse)
10. Men have more of a ..to put weight on around the waist and
stomach areas and this is something they should be aware of. (tend)
C. Fill in the blanks with the correct word.
A Poison Tree
BY WILLIAM BLAKE
I was 1. with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I 2. it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears:
And I 3. .. it with smiles,
And with soft 4. wiles.

And it grew both day and night.

Till it 5. . an apple bright.
And my foe 6. .. it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.
And into my garden 7. ..,
When the night had 8. the
9. ;
In the morning glad I see;
My foe 10. beneath the
tree.

D. Write the word/phrase to match the meaning given