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Vocabulary Test Prep

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The benefit of brushing your teeth is that you won't get a cavity. What does benefit mean?

a)

the message or lesson

b)

to make known to others

c)

something that helps

d)

to give information

2.

What does paragraph 3 reveal about how the narrator was treated? What does reveal mean?

a)

a part of a larger text

b)

to make known to others

c)

something that helps

d)

the message or lesson

3.

The archeologist described the new fossil she found to a group of scientists. What does described mean?

a)

the message or lesson

b)

a part of a larger text

c)

using details to talk about something

(see, hear, taste, smell, feel)

d)

something that helps

4.

The teacher evaluated the student's understanding of fractions. What does evaluated mean?

a)

to decide if something is good/bad or right/wrong

b)

to make information known

c)

to show an idea in words using details

d)

something that is helpful or positive

5.

Able to be believed, convincing

a)

credible

b)

relevant

c)

opinion

d)

summary

6.

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

a)

the school clinic

b)

comfortable

c)

good health

d)

great pain

7.

The detective identified the clues in the crime. What does identified mean?

a)

to make a connection between 2 or more things

b)

to make an idea easier to understand by giving more information

c)

to show an idea in words using details

d)

to figure out what something is or what something means

8.

Have you heard the phrase, "It's raining cats and dogs"? What does the word phrase mean?

a)

what the whole text is about

b)

a group of words that express a single idea

c)

to give information

d)

the message or lesson

9.

Susie summarized the story she read in class. What does summarized mean?

a)

to make known to others

b)

a statement that answers a question

c)

to tell the most important information from a text you have read

d)

the text structure of the passage

10.

I made an inference about why the main character went to the desert. What does inference mean?

a)

coming to a conclusion using both details and background knowledge

b)

a part of a larger text

c)

to make known to others

d)

the message or lessons

11.

Read the following excerpt from Charlotte's Web. What does excerpt mean?

a)

a part of a larger text

b)

the text structure of the passage

c)

something that helps

d)

the message or lesson

12.

the opposite of intended or expected

a)

a. ironic

b)

b. unanimous

c)

c. petulantly

d)

d. chastise

13.

to correct or punish

a)

a. wheedle

b)

b. transgression

c)

c. avert

d)

d. chastise

14.

relating or applying to things that have

happened in the past

a)

a. profound

b)

b. embedded

c)

c. retroactive

d)

d. ominous

15.

source; beginning

a)

a. origin

b)

b. leaden

c)

c. obsolete

d)

d. throng

16.

no longer useful

a)

a. successor

b)

b. exuberant

c)

c. obsolete

d)

d. sinuous

17.

relief from emotional distress or grief

a)

a. agony

b)

b. permeated

c)

c. anguish

d)

d. solace

18.

mild; harmless

a)

a. rueful

b)

b. benign

c)

c. languid

d)

d. wisp

19.

high-spirited joy

a)

a. palpable

b)

b. placid

c)

c. wryly

d)

d. glee

20.

absorbed; understood

a)

a. empowered

b)

b. assimilated

c)

c. assuaged

d)

d. inflict

21.

What does the word 'meticulous' mean in the context of describing a person's work habits?

a)

A) careless

b)

B) thorough and precise

c)

C) quick and hasty

d)

D) indifferent

22.

In the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat,' what part of speech is the word 'on'?

a)

A) noun

b)

B) verb

c)

C) preposition

d)

D) adjective

23.

Which of the following sentences is an example of a simile?

a)

A) The stars were diamonds in the sky.

b)

B) Her smile was as bright as the sun.

c)

C) The wind whispered through the trees.

d)

D) Time is a thief.

24.

What is the main idea of a paragraph?

a)

A) A detailed description of a character

b)

B) The central point or message

c)

C) A list of events

d)

D) A dialogue between characters

25.

In literature, what is the term for the character who opposes the protagonist?

a)

A) Narrator

b)

B) Antagonist

c)

C) Hero

d)

D) Sidekick