UIL Dictionary Skills Practice #1

A diner is a restaurant in the shape of what?

• tunnel

• pyramid

• railroad car

• lighthouse

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How long is the Tennessee River?

• 652 miles

• 4002 miles

• 1049 miles

• 625 miles

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

Methylene blue is a dye used to reverse the effects of what type of poisoning?

• food

• cyanide

• carbon monoxide

• lead

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

How old would a person be if they were an octogenarian?

• 74

• 26

• 66

• 81

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Auguste Piccard and Jacques Piccard are two Swiss scientists that developed what?

• the bathyscaphe

• the airplane

• the stapler

• the telephone

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

How many passengers does a roadster fit?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 7

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

A person born or living in Madagascar is called what?

• a Mada

• a Malagasy

• a Gasy

• a Gascar

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Amblyopia is reduced vision in one eye and is also called what?

• cataract

• retina

• optic nerve disorder

• lazy eye

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

What type of pattern is printed on a chintz?

• rainbow

• chevron

• flowery

• southwestern

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What happens to a process or progress when it is expedited?

• it is cancelled

• it is sped up

• it is slowed down

• it is reversed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4