Fun Vocabulary Quiz for 3rd Graders

What is a simile?

• A word that sounds like its meaning

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A story written in play form

• A shape with three sides

What does "environment" mean?

• A type of story

• The place where a plant or animal lives

• A kind of shape

• A legal right to an invention

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A word that sounds like its meaning

• A comparison without using "like" or "as"

• A type of poem

What does the word "survive" mean?

• To make something new

• To stay alive

• To write a story

• To draw a shape

Which word means a story written in sentences and paragraphs, not poetry?

• Drama

• Prose

• Setting

• Frontier

What is a unit fraction?

• A fraction with 1 as the numerator

• A fraction with 2 as the denominator

• A whole number

• A decimal

What does "congruent" mean in math?

• Having the same shape and size

• Having different colors

• Being parallel

• Being a triangle

Which word means a legal right to make or sell an invention?

• Setting

• Patent

• Route

• Drama

What is a two-dimensional figure?

• A shape with only length and width

• A shape with length, width, and height

• A living thing

• A type of story

Which word means a path or way to get from one place to another?

• Route

• Environment

• Metaphor

• Pupa