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Revise and Edit Vocabulary Practice

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Summarize

a)

Figure out

b)

Tells the most important ideas

c)

Show

d)

Give an example of

2.

Determine

a)

Figure out

b)

Prove

c)

Say

d)

Give an example of

3.

Demonstrate

a)

To show

b)

To find

c)

To prove

d)

To us tell the most important idea

4.

Evidence

a)

opinion

b)

proof

c)

description

d)

detail

5.

Purpose

a)

Why?

b)

When?

c)

Where?

d)

What?

6.

Conclude

a)

Infer

b)

Figured out

c)

Deny

d)

Argue

7.

Express

a)

Search

b)

Tell

c)

Infer

d)

Find

8.

Suggest

a)

Prove

b)

Deny

c)

Infer

d)

Recommend

9.

Illustrate

a)

to search

b)

to infer

c)

to tell

d)

Show

10.

Convey

a)

Explain

b)

Search

c)

Find

d)

Infer

11.

Emphasize

a)

To search for

b)

Show the importance of

c)

Compare

d)

Find

12.

Identify

a)

Give more information

b)

Disagree

c)

To infer

d)

Point out

13.

Aspect

a)

Proof

b)

Part

c)

To infer

d)

Example

14.

Indicate

a)

Search

b)

Show

c)

Prove

d)

Infer

15.

Infer

a)

Use context to make an assumption

b)

To search for the question

c)

Say directly

d)

To guess

16.

State

a)

Say

b)

Guess

c)

Conclude

d)

Infer

17.

Evaluate

a)

judge

b)

search for

c)

discuss

d)

explain

18.

Justify

a)

Prove

b)

Infer from

c)

Explain

d)

Give an example of

19.

Relate

a)

make a connection between two things

b)

to search between

c)

make an inference between ideas

d)

say again

20.

What is the best definition for the word distinguish?

a)

To point out a difference or a defining characteristic of someone or something.

b)

To give someone an award.

c)

To put out a fire.

d)

The ability to determine what a noun, verb, adverb, or adjective is.

21.

What is the best definition of evaluate?

a)

To find an equivalent of something.

b)

To justify an answer.

c)

To help somebody by explaining something in detail.

d)

To form an idea by looking over and analyzing data and facts.

22.

What does it mean when you imply something?

a)

To add up all of your evidence.

b)

To suggest or express something indirectly.

c)

To elaborate on the meaning of something.

d)

To explain how something works.

23.

What does it mean to infer something?

a)

To analyze the behavior of a character.

b)

To summarize a story.

c)

To make a extreme guess.

d)

To make an educated guess.

24.

What is figurative language?

a)

Turning language in to pictures.

b)

When authors use history in their writing.

c)

Explaining how an author develops a character in a story.

d)

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

25.

What is the best definition of relevant?

a)

When things have huge differences.

b)

Implying that two things have nothing in common.

c)

Being closely connected to something.

d)

Something that is not important.

26.

Definition: to make sense of or to explain the meaning

a)

Infer

b)

Suggest

c)

Trace

d)

Interpret

27.

Definition: to find the position of

a)

Support

b)

Integrate

c)

Locate

d)

Synthesize

28.

Definition: reword or explain in different words

a)

Paraphrase

b)

Trace

c)

Interpret

d)

Locate

29.

Definition: to uphold or defend

a)

Trace

b)

Support

c)

Summarize

d)

Synthesize

30.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
31.
What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted.  "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!" 
a)
pleased
b)
suspicious 
c)
happy
d)
angry
32.
True or false: Revising and editing are the same.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Katy wants to create a more effective thesis statement for her paper.
Which of the following
could replace sentence 4 and more accurately convey the thesis of this paper?
a)
Fearing life in the city, they chose a more rural existence in a big yellow school bus.
b)
This couple didn’t have to, but they decided that a bus is what they wanted to have.
c)
This young couple lives in a uniquely converted school bus that they have affectionately named Rosie.
d)
Instead of a normal dwelling, they have chosen a vehicle—something quite rare, strange, and out of the norm.
34.
How should sentence 4 be changed?

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a)
Delete so
b)
Change was to am
c)
Change estatic to ecstatic
d)
Sentence 4 should not be changed.
35.
What change is needed in sentence 9?
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a)
Delete Although
b)
Change to old to too old
c)
Delete the comma
d)
Change cheeks to cheek’s
36.
What is the correct way to write sentence 13?
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a)
For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke, and it was obvious. That she was no happier about the arrangement than I was.
b)
For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke it was obvious that she was no happier about the arrangement than I was.
c)
For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke. Which made it obvious that she was no happier about the arrangement than I was.
d)
For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke. It was obvious that she was no happier about the arrangement than I was.
37.
What change should be made in sentence 31?
a)
Change We to Because we
b)
Insert a comma after surprised
c)
Change became to become
d)
Sentence 31 should not be changed.
38.
How should sentence 4 be changed?
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a)
Change is to was
b)
Change found to it is found
c)
Change Coral Reefs to coral reefs
d)
Sentence 4 should not be changed.
39.
What change needs to be made in sentence 7?
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a)
Change than to then
b)
Insert a comma after hold
c)
Change is to are
d)
No change needs to be made in this sentence.
40.
What change needs to be made in sentence 21?
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a)
Change affects to effects
b)
Change is dangerous to are dangerous
c)
Delete the comma after work
d)
Change lives to lifes