English Vocabulary Quiz

Choose the word that best fills in the blank. My backpack is over _______ by the door.

• theyre

• there

• they're

• their

Read the sentence below. Dia _______ a birthday card for her best friend. Which word best fills in the blank?

• maid

• made

• mead

• mad

There was _______ and quiet after everybody left the store. Which word best fills in the blank?

• pace

• peas

• peace

• piece

Off the coast of Big Sur, you can see them. They go up to the ocean's surface. From the coast, it looks like a giant knife cutting into the water. You can't tell from the surface, but underneath the water, the blue whale is as long as four school busses. They surface to breathe. First, there's a pop and a hiss. The water speeds up and curls. Then, from under the water, a great tail surfaces. It's so big, the other side of the ocean disappears. As it sinks back into the water, the blue whale's tail barely even slaps the water. If you don't pay attention, you would never even know one was under the water. Which word means almost the same as go up?

• underneath

• sink

• rise

• sit

The children were happy as there was only one (a)   left until the vacation. Which word best fills in the blank?

An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. Replace the underlined word with an antonym. The cookies are below the crackers.

(a)  

Choose the word that best fills in the blank. Jodie liked the _______ of the perfume Kristen was wearing.

• scint

• cent

• scent

• sent

It was the most exciting day of Ryan's summer. He and his parents woke up early so that they could be among the first people to get to the amusement park. When they arrived, they could barely see the bright sun over the horizon. Since the sun was not all the way up, the air was still cool. Since there were few people, the park was very quiet. It did not seem real. The rides reminded Ryan of the paintings of roller coasters he had seen at the children's museum. He could only imagine how much fun he was going to have. A synonym (a word with the same meaning) for the word imagine as it is used in this passage would be

• think

• forget

• tell

• say

Read the sentence below. After two hours, Stella still did not know what she was going to (a)   to school. Which word best fills in the blank?

It was the most exciting day of Ryan's summer. He and his parents woke up early so that they could be among the first people to get to the amusement park. When they arrived, they could barely see the bright sun over the horizon. Since the sun was not all the way up, the air was still cool. Since there were few people, the park was very quiet. It did not seem real. The rides reminded Ryan of the paintings of roller coasters he had seen at the children's museum. He could only imagine how much fun he was going to have. An antonym (a word with the opposite meaning) for the word bright as it is used in this passage would be

• pretty

• exciting

• dull