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2018-2019 Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a word reference material?

a)

dictionary

b)

thesaurus

c)

short story

d)

encyclopedia

2.

Which word reference material provides information on a many subjects?

a)

enclyclopedia

b)

almanac

c)

atlas

d)

dictionary

3.

Which title below would mostly be fiction?

a)

Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father

b)

Times News Magazine

c)

Bella and the Performing Bunny

d)

The Original Thirteen Colonies that Built America

4.

Which 2 resources below are nonfiction?

a)

realistic fiction

b)

biography

c)

newspaper

d)

mystery

5.

Which characteristic below is not nonfiction?

a)

fantasy characters

b)

factual dates

c)

real people

d)

historical setting

6.

What is the basis of a word?

a)

affix

b)

root word

c)

prefix

d)

suffix

7.

What is the meaning of 'mal-' as used in maltreat and malfunction?

a)

super

b)

bad

c)

kindly

d)

four

8.

Which of the following words are past tense?

a)

bored

b)

sew

c)

carrying

d)

baked

9.

Which genre is made up but the characters and setting could be real?

a)

realistic fiction

b)

science fiction

c)

biography

d)

fairy tale

10.

'-less', '-ing', and '-ed' are all examples of ____________

a)

root words

b)

prefixes

c)

multiple meaning words

d)

suffixes

11.

Using the text to determine the denotation of an unknown word is called _______________.

a)

almanac

b)

prefix

c)

poetry

d)

context clues

12.

What information would a reader not be able to get from a dictionary?

a)

the year a word was created

b)

word pronunciation

c)

word denotation

d)

origin of word

13.

Which word reference would one use to find the fastest route to a vacation spot?

a)

dictionary

b)

thesaurus

c)

atlas

d)

encyclopedia

14.

Which type of fiction is based on events of the past?

a)

science

b)

poetry

c)

historical

d)

realistic

15.

Prefix and suffix are both ____________

a)

genres

b)

fiction

c)

roots

d)

affixes

16.

Which word resources would provide synonyms and antonyms for words?

a)

nonfiction

b)

encyclopedia

c)

almanac

d)

thesaurus

17.

multiple-meaning words........

a)

are all spelled differently

b)

have several different meanings

c)

are only found with context clues

d)

all came from the Latin language

18.

Which part of the word 'autobiography' lets readers understand the author wrote about themselves?

a)

auto-

b)

bio-

c)

graph-

d)

-y

19.

Which part of 'prefix' helps readers understand it comes before the root?

a)

p-

b)

re-

c)

pre-

d)

-fix

20.

Which word reference material is a yearly calendar of events and facts?

a)

almanac

b)

atlas

c)

thesauras

d)

encyclopedia

21.

What is the meaning of the following prefixes?


'il-', 'in-', 'dis-', 'un'

a)

three

b)

not

c)

after

d)

without

22.

Which genre would a biography fall under?

a)

fiction

b)

nonfiction

c)

poetry

23.

What is the meaning of the root 'sphere' as used in words like "hemisphere" and "atmosphere"?

a)

flat

b)

heavy

c)

damaged

d)

round

24.

What are the two words at the top of each dictionary page called?

a)

page numbers

b)

pronunciation

c)

guide words

d)

spelling words

25.

Which type of fiction is written based on imagination for the future?

a)

historical

b)

realistic

c)

science

d)

fairy tale