This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How can students expand their academic vocabulary? A) By watching television shows and movies in their native language. B) By memorizing word lists without context. C) By avoiding reading books and articles. D) By reading extensively, using vocabulary-building exercises, and actively engaging in discussions and debates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By reading extensively, using vocabulary-building exercises, and actively engaging in discussions and debates. 2. Choose the synonym of word 'Frightened'. A) Panic striken. B) Comforted. C) Bolt. D) Halt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panic striken. 3. What does the vocabulary word details mean? A) Information that supports the main idea or topic. B) A group of animals. C) Heavy, dark print. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information that supports the main idea or topic. 4. Using what you know and clues from the text to understand what the author is saying. A) Predict. B) Text Features. C) Context Clues. D) Infer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infer. 5. To make a judgment about or determine value of (something) A) Assess. B) Sufficient. C) Formulate. D) Distinguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assess. 6. If the preceding day was a great one for you, which sentence is true? A) Today will be a grate day. B) Last week had several great day. C) Yesterday was a great day for you. D) Tomorrow will be a great day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yesterday was a great day for you. 7. I think May is the best month, so that is my ..... A) Opinion. B) Reason. C) Evidence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opinion. 8. Able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe A) Differentiate. B) Interpret. C) Credible. D) Formulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Credible. 9. To give the meaning of something A) Discuss. B) Deduce. C) Demonstrate. D) Define. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Define. 10. A type of text feature that shows what something looks like (taken with a camera) A) Illustration. B) Photograph. C) Title. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photograph. 11. Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas. A) Explain. B) Concise language. C) Conclusion. D) Multiple meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explain. 12. VocabularyI've got lots of ..... but I think Aunt Paula and Uncle Joe are my favourites. A) Enemies. B) Relatives. C) Partners. D) Classmates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relatives. 13. The main problem in a story that often is the result of an internal or external struggle or confrontation. A) Plot. B) Resolution. C) Character. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 14. When the author uses words to create a picture in your head. A) Imagery. B) Plot. C) Alliteration. D) Sensory language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 15. Which term below means to remember something? A) Recall. B) Effect. C) Organize. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recall. 16. To determine something means ..... A) To represent in words. B) To recognize and name. C) To figure out. D) To express meaning using different words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To figure out. 17. Which word means to show who or what something is? A) Argue. B) Claim. C) Infer. D) Identify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Identify. 18. In reasoning, what is an "assumption" ? A) A logical conclusion drawn from evidence. B) A fact that is proven to be true. C) A belief or premise taken for granted without proof. D) A statement that contradicts or says the opposite of the evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A belief or premise taken for granted without proof. 19. When I ..... back on my time growing up, I realize that the challenges I've faced helped me to become stronger. A) Memorize. B) Reflect. C) Recognize. D) Note. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflect. 20. Unique with individual differences A) Diverse cultures. B) Key details. C) Stories. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diverse cultures. 21. The artists and musicians paid ..... to the talented painter. A) Tribute. B) Gracing. C) Classic. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tribute. 22. To make clear and understandable A) Clarify. B) Compare. C) Claim. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clarify. 23. This person believed in using any means necessary, including violence, to get equal rights. A) Darth Vader. B) Martin Luther King, Jr. C) Malcolm X. D) Rosa Parks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malcolm X. 24. A type of writing that gives facts and information A) Informative writing. B) Opinion writing. C) Narrative writing. D) Expository writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informative writing. 25. To gain or get something by effort A) Correspond. B) Obtain. C) Initiate. D) Exhibit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obtain. 26. Part BSelect the quotation from the story that most strongly suggests that the theme is Don't let pride keep you from asking for help. A) Nicole had been struggling with the math homework but didn't want to say so. B) "Well I'm tired, okay? It's not my fault you're bored'.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nicole had been struggling with the math homework but didn't want to say so. 27. What is the difference between "affect" and "effect?" The effect of rain is that everyone got wet. The rain affected the people's feelings. A) "affect" is what happens and "effect" is to influence or have an impact on something. B) "effect" is the result or what happens and "affect" is to influence or have an impact on something. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "effect" is the result or what happens and "affect" is to influence or have an impact on something. 28. After I analyze charts, I have to write a paper about how I ..... the charts. A) Cite. B) Assess. C) Interpret. D) Infer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interpret. 29. Vocabulary8. Since Mum went on strike, the dishes have been ..... in the kitchen sink. A) Falling out. B) Falling apart. C) Piling up. D) Piling on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Piling up. 30. To fall down; cave in A) Substantial. B) Crisis. C) Collapse. D) Destruction. 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