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Reference Material Graded Practice

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which reference material is used to find definitions of words?

a)

Dictionary

b)

Thesaurus

c)

Atlas

d)

Almanac

2.

Which reference material would you use to plan a cross-country road trip?

a)

Dictionary

b)

Almanac

c)

Atlas

d)

Thesaurus

3.

Which reference material would you used to find information about this year's moon phases?

a)

Atlas

b)

Almanac

c)

Encyclopedia

d)

Dictionary

4.

Which reference material would you use to find a word with the opposite meaning of "inquisitive"?

a)

Thesaurus

b)

Dictionary

c)

Atlas

d)

Almanac

5.

Which reference material would you use to find the pronunciation of the word "omnipotent"?

a)

Atlas

b)

Thesaurus

c)

Encyclopedia

d)

Dictionary

6.

Which reference material would you use to complete research on the history France?

a)

Encyclopedia

b)

Dictionary

c)

Atlas

d)

Thesaurus

7.
Which reference material lists synonyms and antonyms?
a)
Thesaurus
b)
Phone Book
c)
Newspaper
d)
Almanac
8.
Which reference material gives definitions of words?
a)
Encyclopedia
b)
Dictionary
c)
Thesaurus
d)
Atlas
9.
Which reference material is a book of maps?
a)
Dictionary
b)
Internet
c)
Atlas
d)
Almanac
10.

I want to see where Egypt is located- which reference material should I use?

a)

dictionary

b)

atlas

c)

thesaurus

d)

glossary

11.

I need to find a synonym for the word "friend"- which reference material should I use?

a)

glossary

b)

dictionary

c)

encyclopedia

d)

thesaurus

12.
What would be the best resource to use if you needed another word for "quiet?"
a)
Dictionary
b)
Atlas
c)
Thesaurus
d)
Encyclopedia
13.
What would be the best resource to use if you needed to find the location of Washington, D.C.?
a)
Thesaurus
b)
Encyclopedia
c)
Television
d)
Atlas
14.
What would be the best resource to use if a question asked for the pronunciation of a word? 
a)
Encyclopedia
b)
Thesaurus
c)
Dictionary
d)
Atlas
15.
What resource would you use to find the list of Academy Award winning movies?
a)
Almanac
b)
Atlas
c)
Television
d)
Encyclopedia
16.
What is the best resource to use for current events?
a)
Newspaper
b)
Encyclopedia
c)
Thesaurus
d)
Atlas
17.
What would be the best resource to use to find out the baseball score from last week?
a)
Encyclopedia
b)
Dictionary
c)
Newspaper
d)
Atlas
18.
What would be the best resource to use if you wanted to know more about computers?
a)
Encyclopedia
b)
Dictionary
c)
Atlas
d)
Thesaurus
19.
What resource would be the best to use if you were asked to find the longest river?
a)
Thesaurus
b)
Almanac
c)
Dictionary
d)
Encyclopedia
20.
What would be the best resource to use if you wanted to know more about Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Dictionary
b)
Encyclopedia
c)
Atlas
d)
Almanac
21.
You want to find out if "funny" is a noun, verb, or adjective. What source do you use? 
a)
atlas
b)
encyclopedia
c)
dictionary 
d)
thesaurus
22.
You're doing research on Ancient Mali. What source do you use? 
a)
atlas
b)
encyclopedia
c)
dictionary
d)
thesaurus
23.
You want to check the spelling of a word. What source do you use? 
a)
atlas
b)
encyclopedia
c)
dictionary
d)
thesaurus
24.
You want to revise your story and replace words you have repeated. What source do you use? 
a)
atlas
b)
encyclopedia
c)
dictionary
d)
thesaurus
25.

Free Point Question

a)

PICK ME

b)

don't pick me