This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct definition of contribute A) A personal view. B) A specific statement. C) To take away. D) To give. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To give. 2. What is a hypothesis? A) Whatever the teacher tells you is the truth. B) An experiment. C) A prediction or "educated guess" of what will happen in your experiment. D) An untestable statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A prediction or "educated guess" of what will happen in your experiment. 3. The ANTONYM of ignorance is: A) Insight. B) Wandered. C) Curious. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insight. 4. A conclusion that you come to by evaluating the evidence and details that have been presented A) Central idea. B) Inference. C) Textual evidence. D) Quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inference. 5. What does it mean to "visualize" something in the context of reading or writing? A) To analyze the structure of a sentence. B) To summarize the main ideas of a passage. C) To create mental images or pictures based on the text. D) To draw conclusions based on evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To create mental images or pictures based on the text. 6. The book consisted of a series of ..... A) Dialogues. B) Implications. C) Phrases. D) Contributions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogues. 7. A factor that can change in an experiment A) Variable. B) Observation. C) Evidence. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable. 8. Sometimes the controlling idea will be ..... in a text, but you must infer the main idea if it is not obvious in the story.What word best fills in the blank in the sentence above? A) Indicate. B) Similar. C) Factor. D) Specific. E) Evident. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Evident. 9. Which part of your school day is the least likely to be evaluated A) Submitted test. B) You entering the restroom to blow your nose. C) You speaking with a counselor. D) Your classroom behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You entering the restroom to blow your nose. 10. What is not true of a summary? A) It has no personal opinions. B) It requires you to make an inference. C) It can be 3-5 sentences. D) It is made up of key details. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It requires you to make an inference. 11. The use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions. Imagery can be used for emotional effect and to intensify the impact on the reader A) Mood. B) Figurative language. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 12. Which of the following is a metaphor? A) The stars are shining brightly tonight. B) The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. C) The stars twinkled like little lights. D) The stars were like diamonds in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. 13. One of the five themes of geography, an area with common geographic features. A) History. B) Geography. C) Region. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Region. 14. To hold up; reinforce A) Support. B) Author. C) Specific. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support. 15. In a narrative, what is the 'climax'? A) The introduction of characters and setting. B) The turning point or most intense moment. C) The resolution of the story's conflict. D) The background information provided at the beginning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The turning point or most intense moment. 16. A subject being discussed. A) Issue. B) Conclusion. C) Problem. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Issue. 17. In modern slang, what does it mean to 'ghost' someone? A) To scare them as a joke. B) To suddenly stop all communication with them. C) To help them with a difficult task. D) To send them a secret message. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To suddenly stop all communication with them. 18. Fill-in-the-blank:The teacher used charts and graphs to ..... her explanation. A) Undermine. B) Surpass. C) Exemplify. D) Reverberate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exemplify. 19. I can use this tool to look up the definitions of unfamiliar words in the text. A) Zoom. B) Dictionary. C) Eliminator. D) Highlighter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dictionary. 20. What does it mean to FORMULATE something? A) To note what makes something different. B) To make clear by citing examples. C) To make an educated guess based on evidence and your personal experience. D) To create a plan or strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create a plan or strategy. 21. All of the following are synonyms to recall except ..... A) Remember. B) Think of. C) Call to mind. D) Forget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forget. 22. The antonym of indicate is to A) Reveal. B) Show. C) Raise. D) Hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hide. 23. The SYNONYM of ambled is: A) Insight. B) Wandered. C) Curious. D) Bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wandered. 24. To give a good reason for something A) Elaborate. B) Compare. C) Contrast. D) Justify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Justify. 25. To break down an idea or problem into parts A) Confirm. B) Analyze. C) Infer. D) Modify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyze. 26. Extinction is the: A) Disappearance of a species. B) Adaptation. C) Theory. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disappearance of a species. 27. To break down a text to understand it better A) Scientific research. B) Annotate. C) Analyze. D) Comparsion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyze. 28. What is a "character" in a story? A) A major event or occurrence in a story that is a turning point. B) Any person, animal or figure represented in a text. C) Speech by a single character or conversation between two or more people in a text. D) Make an educated guess or logical conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any person, animal or figure represented in a text. 29. What does "sequence" refer to in writing? A) The main idea of the passage. B) The figurative language used. C) The emotional tone of the text. D) The arrangement of events in chronological order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The arrangement of events in chronological order. 30. Bumblebee ..... back into a car when humans see him. A) Develop. B) Transforms. C) Evaluate. D) Argues. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transforms. 31. If asked to constrast something, what kind of things should you be talking about? A) Things that are similar. B) Things that are different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Things that are different. 32. Able to express ideas clearly and effectively in speech or writing A) Incorporate. B) Infer. C) Assess. D) Articulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Articulate. 33. What does the word SQUEALED mean? A) To get angry. B) To act like a little mouse. C) To make a long shrill call or noise. D) To sneeze loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make a long shrill call or noise. 34. The decisions you make will always ..... your life because you are causing a change. A) Discuss. B) Claim. C) Effect. D) Affect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Affect. 35. The root bio means life. What does the word biotechnology mean? A) Technology based on the use of burning fuel. B) Technology based on the use of light from the sun. C) Technology based on the use of living things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Technology based on the use of living things. 36. You are running late for school. The car in front of you is traveling at 20 mph. You yell at the car, "Get out of the way, car! You can go faster!" This is an example of what? A) Apostrophe. B) Allusion. C) Abstract. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 37. Someone sent into a school to evaluate student behavior is being sent to A) Speak only to adults. B) Watch students when they leave the building at 3:30. C) Observe students and how they interact. D) To examine teachers closely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observe students and how they interact. 38. To cause someone to do something by asking arguing, or giving reasons A) Persuade. B) Purpose. C) Inform. D) Entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuade. 39. Analyze means to: A) Guess. B) Examine carefully. C) Observe. D) Conclude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Examine carefully. 40. What is the term for a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought? A) Clause. B) Sentence. C) Phrase. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence. 41. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:Neither the teacher nor the students ..... ready for the exam. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 42. What is the plot of a narrative. A) The plot of a narrative refers to the main character's physical appearance. B) The plot of a narrative refers to the sequence of events that make up the story. C) The plot of a narrative refers to the author's writing style. D) The plot of a narrative refers to the setting of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plot of a narrative refers to the sequence of events that make up the story. 43. Made up of 2 or more parts or elements ..... A) Solute. B) Liquid. C) Compound. D) Atom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 44. The voice of the person expressing the idea and feeling of the poem. A) Speaker. B) Narrative poem. C) Biography. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 45. To notice or recognize a difference between people or things A) Isolate. B) Objective. C) Evaluate. D) Distinguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distinguish. 46. A relaxed and informal way of behaving A) Patriot. B) Lack. C) Remark. D) Ease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ease. 47. What are the 3 things that make a good argument? A) Overview, opinion, reason. B) Claim, evidence, persuasion. C) Reason, analysis, argument. D) Claim, reasons, evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim, reasons, evidence. 48. What is an excerpt? A) Part of a text. B) Question. C) Answer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part of a text. 49. Information that proves or disproves an idea A) Scientific research. B) Evidence. C) Definition. D) Comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 50. Having to do with education or school A) Academic. B) Audience. C) Analyze. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Academic. 51. To reason by deduction; to infer A) Analyze. B) Derive. C) Context. D) Assume. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derive. 52. What does it mean to argue? A) To tell a story or describe events that happened. B) To give reasons why you think something is true or should happen. C) To show how things are different from each other. D) To put things in order by time, from earliest to latest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give reasons why you think something is true or should happen. 53. Malik received an ..... message from his family in Iraq. The protests were getting violent, and they were worried that they might not be allowed to leave. A) Skeptical. B) Celebratory. C) Passionate. D) Urgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urgent. 54. The conversation between the characters told the reader a lot about their relationship. A) Dialogue in written text. B) Figurative language such as similes. C) A friendship between two people. D) An informal talk between two people or a small group. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An informal talk between two people or a small group. 55. What is the definition of integrate? A) To combine one thing with another to make a whole. B) To explain or understand the meaning of. C) To prove or show something to be just, right, or reasonable. D) Using reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To combine one thing with another to make a whole. 56. A hypothesis is simply a prediction that has not yet been ..... A) Results calculated. B) Proven or disproven. C) Made into a theory. D) Written about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proven or disproven. 57. When and where a story or drama takes place. A) Setting. B) Place. C) Props. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 58. Something given or done that helped in acheiving an end result A) Revise. B) Expression. C) Narrative. D) Contribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contribution. 59. Which of these describes a prior solution? A) One that was just discovered. B) One that has not been discovered. C) One that does not work. D) One that was discovered earlier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One that was discovered earlier. 60. To tell so a picture is pained in the mind A) Demonstrate. B) Describe. C) Evaluate. D) Define. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describe. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAcademic Vocabulary Quiz 2Academic Vocabulary Quiz 3Academic Vocabulary Quiz 4Academic Vocabulary Quiz 5Academic Vocabulary Quiz 6Academic Vocabulary Quiz 7Academic Vocabulary Quiz 8Academic Vocabulary Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books