This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 47 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To describe A) To give specific details about something. B) To talk about something. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give specific details about something. 2. The word whinge means to A) To complain. B) Complain and cry. C) Complain consistently in an irritating way. D) To cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complain consistently in an irritating way. 3. To cause the beginning of something to start A) Draft. B) Expression. C) Initiate. D) Contributions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Initiate. 4. One of the five themes of geography, tells where a place is. A) Timeline. B) Location. C) Cause. D) Historian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Location. 5. How is "surpass" used in this sentence? "She worked hard to surpass her previous achievements." A) To improve on. B) To ignore. C) To reflect on. D) To abandon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To improve on. 6. This is when groups of 3 adjectives or phrases are used to make ideas memorable.This definition applies to which term? A) Adjectives. B) Rule of Three. C) Jargon. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rule of Three. 7. When the author uses repeated words or italicized words to show something is important. A) Reveal. B) Convey. C) Repetition. D) Emphasize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emphasize. 8. VocabularyParents should always ..... to talk to their childrenabout their problems. A) Do time. B) Make chores. C) Do chores. D) Make time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make time. 9. Parts of a text authors use to make the text easier to understand A) Text structures. B) Problem. C) Text features. D) Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Text features. 10. A prefix meaning "before" A) Re-. B) Pre-. C) Un-. D) Mis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre-. 11. Five ideas that help you learn about the earth and everything on it. A) Chronological order. B) Human/environmental interaction. C) Human characteristics. D) 5 themes of geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 themes of geography. 12. The character in a text that works against the main character A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Hero. D) Villain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 13. Which word is an antonym of friend? A) Enemy. B) Faithful. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enemy. 14. What does it mean to contrast? A) To show how things are different from each other. B) To show how things are similar to each other. C) To give reasons why you think something is true or should happen. D) To tell a story or describe events that happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show how things are different from each other. 15. Able to be observed and measured A) Accurate. B) Data. C) Testable. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Testable. 16. If you interpret something, what are you doing? A) Making a guess about the future. B) Quoting from another source. C) Putting things into groups. D) Explaining the meaning of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explaining the meaning of something. 17. Proclamation A) To declare publicly, proudly, or defiantly in either speech or writing. B) An unpopular law. C) To build-up or add to something. D) To stop an act or behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To declare publicly, proudly, or defiantly in either speech or writing. 18. To list A) To talk about something. B) To tell details in order, to say things one after another. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To tell details in order, to say things one after another. 19. My ..... was not to hurt you. Choose the word to fill in the blank. A) Practice. B) Space. C) Intention. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intention. 20. To explain something by drawing or giving examples A) Provide. B) Note. C) Illustrate. D) Issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illustrate. 21. A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. A) Climax. B) Genre. C) Falling Action. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 22. The problem or issue the main character is having is the main ..... A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Setting. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 23. Which of the following is an example of the verb 'approach'? A) The cat approached the baby. B) The cat slept near the baby. C) The cat played with the baby. D) The cat ignored the baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cat approached the baby. 24. Identify the correct sentence structure: A) She quickly runs to the store. B) Quickly she runs store to the. C) Store she quickly runs to the. D) Runs she quickly to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She quickly runs to the store. 25. Who is a "poet" ? A) Someone who reads a poem. B) Someone who likes poetry. C) Someone who writes poetry. D) Someone who studies famous poets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone who writes poetry. 26. Readers must look for specific details in the text to support their answers.What does specific mean as it is used in this sentence? A) Lengthy or long. B) General. C) Precise or exact. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precise or exact. 27. To change some parts of something A) Infer. B) Modify. C) Confirn. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modify. 28. Match the definition with the word:when you evaluate how much you know or test knowledge A) Characteristics. B) Recall. C) Assess. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assess. 29. If you are lying and I say, "Your nose is growing" ..... Pinnochio A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Antecedent. D) Adverb clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 30. What is the definition of chronological? A) Putting things in order by time, from earliest to latest. B) To show how things are different from each other. C) To give reasons why you think something is true or should happen. D) To mention where you got information from. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Putting things in order by time, from earliest to latest. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAcademic Vocabulary Quiz 1Academic 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