Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 5

What does the word 'excel' mean?

• To do poorly at something

• To do really well at something

• To avoid doing something

• To do something suddenly.

Fill in the blank: An 'auditorium' is a large room where people gather to ______.

• eat

• sleep

• hear a speech or watch a performance

• play games

What is a 'maneuver'?

• A careless movement

• A smart or careful movement to help reach a goal or avoid a problem

• A sudden action

• A dangerous act.

Fill in the blank: 'Spontaneous' means doing something ______ that is not planned.

• carefully

• suddenly

• slowly

• deliberately

What does 'hazard' mean?

• A) A safe place

• B) Something that is a danger or risk

• C) A planned event

• D) A careful action.

Fill in the blank: 'Literally' means something that is exactly true, just ______.

• the way it sounds

• the opposite

• a guess

• a lie

Sometimes when Mrs. J walks around the classroom, she has to _____ around the desks.

• excel

• maneuver

• literally

• hazard

Daniel is a/an _____ to his neighbor because tried to harm him.

• auditorium

• maneuver

• hazard

• excel

The man _____ decided he was not going to work because he would rather go the the fair he passed on the highway.

• hazard

• maneuver

• excel

• spontaneously