Primary 6 Vocabulary Practice: Context Before Guessing

This preserved eduKate worksheet has been corrected so each question now points clearly to a defensible answer. It is a practice resource, not an official MOE or SEAB examination paper, and the marks shown here are for self-practice only.

Instructions: Choose the best option for each blank. There are more options than questions, so some words will not be used. Read the whole sentence before choosing: grammar, collocation and meaning all matter.

Options: confide, converse, hire, buy, get, loser, drop off, drop in, drop out, drop back, revolution, revelation, evolution, prestigious, premium, honourable, reasonable, interfere, meddle, wearily, carefully, sadly, shamefully, congratulatory, engage, leave, decide.

1. When my friend has a serious problem, he will often __________ in us rather than speak to his parents.
2. We may need to __________ a lawyer to advise my brother, although we must first consider the cost.
3. Calling someone a “__________” simply because that person failed once is unfair; failure does not determine a person’s future.
4. “I need to __________ my daughter at childcare before 7 a.m. because I have an early appointment,” Mrs Chan explained.
5. After years of mass protest, the ruling regime was overthrown and the political system was fundamentally changed in a __________.
6. She received a scholarship to study at a highly __________ university.
7. My brother sometimes tries to __________ with decisions that do not involve him, even after I ask him to let me handle them.
8. My parents plan to __________ a second-hand car after comparing several models and checking their budget.
9. The __________ volunteer returned the wallet without taking any money and refused a reward.
10. After the exhausting match, I walked home __________, carrying my sports bag with heavy steps.

Answer Key

1. confide — the normal pattern is confide in someone.
2. hire — we hire a professional to provide a service.
3. loser — the sentence itself challenges the unfair label.
4. drop off — to take someone or something to a place and leave them there.
5. revolution — a major political or social overthrow and transformation. A revelation is a surprising disclosure; evolution is gradual development or biological change across generations.
6. prestigious — respected and admired because of status or achievement.
7. interfere — to become involved in a situation where one’s involvement is unwanted or unnecessary. Meddle is close in meaning but usually carries an even more disapproving tone; either can work in some contexts, but this sentence targets interfere with.
8. buy — the sentence describes acquiring ownership rather than temporary use.
9. honourable — behaving according to strong moral principles.
10. wearily — in a tired manner.

High-Value Distinctions

For stronger vocabulary practice, explain why each distractor is wrong as well as why the answer is right. That forces the learner to compare meanings rather than pattern-match.

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Original 2017 Worksheet Context

Vocabulary practice for Pri 6 English students, Singapore. Difficulty level: Turned up to 11. Bring it on!

The original exercise has been corrected above because several sentences allowed overlapping answers or used vocabulary imprecisely. The historical answer page remains available for reference: legacy answers.

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