This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Match the definition with the word:When you evaluate how much you know or to test knowledge A) Characteristic. B) Assess. C) Recall. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assess. 2. The BEST definition of theme is ..... A) The lesson the author is teaching. B) A word that summarizes the story. C) The character's main problem. D) The message the author is sending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The message the author is sending. 3. Which word means to express the opposite of a statement or idea? A) Support. B) Confirm. C) Clarify. D) Contradict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contradict. 4. What are historical events? A) Important events that happened in the past. B) Important events that happened never. C) Important events that happened in the present. D) Important events that happened in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Important events that happened in the past. 5. A comparison between things that has similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea A) Affix. B) Abstract. C) Analogy. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 6. Children cannot get ..... in public places without the company of an adult. A) Contribute. B) Exposed. C) Walk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposed. 7. The end or finish of an event or process A) Conclusion. B) Necessary. C) Support. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 8. An advantage or profit gained from something A) Dismay. B) Recommend. C) Benefit. D) Complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benefit. 9. If your Biology teacher asks you to try to be accurate as you are recording data then they are asking ..... A) For you to write in pen not pencil. B) For you to work with your partners. C) For you to make sure your data is correct. D) Make sure your data can be read and is not sloopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For you to make sure your data is correct. 10. Capacity is ..... A) To grant or give to. B) The ability to contain, hold, produce, or understanding something. C) Limitation to space or ability to hold, produce, or understanding something. D) Going to the store to purchase something on sale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ability to contain, hold, produce, or understanding something. 11. What does the word disadvantage mean? A) To be helpful or useful. B) A situation that is not favorable. C) A favorable situation. D) To situation that makes you feel confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A situation that is not favorable. 12. A situation in a play or story in which the author and the audience or reader have information that is unknown to the characters or actors (e.g., Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Snow White does not know the apple offered to her is poisonous, but the audience or reader knows this) A) Figurative meaning. B) Suspense. C) Dramatic irony. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic irony. 13. A claim supported by reasons and evidence A) Conversation. B) Statement. C) Joke. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argument. 14. Parts of a text that help a reader understand a nonfiction text A) Contrast. B) Genre. C) Text Structure. D) Text Features. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Text Features. 15. Relating to a subject or topic in an appropriate way A) Accurate. B) Similar. C) Relevant. D) Credible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relevant. 16. What does the idiom mean?"As an economist, he was able to shed some light on the problem." A) Find a solution. B) Provide an explanation. C) Offer a new perspective. D) Break down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provide an explanation. 17. Which of the following words is a synonym for 'comprehend'? A) Understand. B) Ignore. C) Forget. D) Overlook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understand. 18. A prefix meaning "not" A) Mis-. B) Re-. C) Pre-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dis-. 19. However, the world has 5 ..... a lot over the past 50 years because temperatures are much hotter than before. A) Perceived. B) Deduced. C) Altered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Altered. 20. To examine carefully and in detail A) Format. B) Cite. C) Claim. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analyze. 21. Author's reason for writing A) Author's intent or purpose. B) Author's point of view. C) Audience. D) Author's Message. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's intent or purpose. 22. What is the formula to determine the central idea? A) Point + Opinion. B) Characters + Setting. C) Topic + Ending. D) Topic + Point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topic + Point. 23. To show, make visible or apparent A) Cycle. B) Comprise. C) Exhibit. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exhibit. 24. He decided to ..... his poem for his class poetry competition. A) Raise his pet turtles to become ninjas. B) Contribute. C) Memorize. D) Reflect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memorize. 25. State or show that something is true or correct; to verify A) Predict. B) Confirm. C) Infer. D) Modify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confirm. 26. Which word means to carefully consider the value of something? A) Identify. B) Argue. C) Evaluate. D) Refer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaluate. 27. What does it mean when it asks you the author's tone? A) Attitude or feeling expressed by the author. B) The author's favorite color. C) The author's birthplace. D) The author's favorite food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attitude or feeling expressed by the author. 28. Person, animal, or thing in the story A) Director. B) Actor. C) Cast. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Character. 29. The study of past events. A) Evidence. B) Place. C) Timeline. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) History. 30. A telegraph is an old-fashioned way to send a written message to someone who is far away. What does the root graph mean? A) Far away. B) Write or draw. C) Hear or listen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write or draw. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAcademic Vocabulary Quiz 1Academic Vocabulary Quiz 2Academic Vocabulary Quiz 3Academic Vocabulary Quiz 4Academic Vocabulary Quiz 5Academic Vocabulary Quiz 6Academic Vocabulary Quiz 7Academic Vocabulary Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books