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Nimona Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the "context" of a word?

a)

Words and images surrounding the unknown word

b)

A synonym for the unknown word

c)

The denotation of a word

d)

An antonym for the unknown word

2.

According to the context shown on page 224 of Nimona,

use your Vocabulary Strategies to help you choose

the best meaning for the word, "feeble".

a)

powerful

b)

unloved

c)

weak

d)

clumsy

3.

According to the context shown on page 224 of Nimona,

use your vocabulary strategies to determine

the closest meaning for the word "dire".

a)

mild

b)

severe

c)

short

d)

cold

4.

According to the context shown on page 224 of Nimona,

use your vocabulary strategies to determine

the closest meaning of the word, "robust".

a)

strong

b)

angry

c)

fearless

d)

intelligent

5.

According to the context on page 244 of Nimona,

use your vocabulary strategies to choose

the best meaning for the word "imminent".

a)

happening

b)

warning

c)

cancelled

d)

happening very soon

6.

According to the context clues shown on page 244 of Nimona,

use your vocabulary strategies to select the

best meaning for the word "purge".

a)

capture

b)

punishment

c)

removal

d)

danger

7.

According to the context shown on page 244 of Nimona,

use your vocabulary strategies to select the word

closest in meaning to the word, "protocol".

a)

procedure

b)

contest

c)

directions

d)

destruction

8.

Which vocabulary strategy involves using the root of an unknown word

to help make a word's meaning clearer?

a)

context clues

b)

finding the root

c)

word parts

d)

substitute

9.

Which vocabulary strategy involves examining a word's parts

(prefix and, or suffix) to better understand

what the whole word means?

a)

context clues

b)

find the root

c)

word parts

d)

substitute

10.

Which vocabulary strategy involves replacing an unknown word

with other words to find a synonym, or possible definition?

a)

context clues

b)

find the root

c)

word parts

d)

substitute

11.

Which vocabulary strategy involves examining images on a page to help determine the meaning of an unknown word, as with the word "hallucinating" in the comic to the left?

a)

context clues

b)

find the root

c)

word parts

d)

substitute

12.

Based on the context of this comic, what do you infer is the

meaning of the root word "vac" in the word "evacuate"? (Think also about how the root "vac" is used in the word "vacuum".)

a)

fill

b)

clean

c)

empty

d)

run

13.

Using the vocabulary strategy, substitution, which word from

the options below would best replace the word,

"verified" in the comic frame to the left?

a)

checked

b)

completed

c)

sent

d)

copied

14.

One page 41 of Nimona, use your vocabulary strategies

to determine the best meaning for the word

"notoriously" from the options below.

a)

very

b)

well known for being

c)

humorously

d)

mildly