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Vocabulary Quiz and Exercises

This document is a vocabulary quiz consisting of multiple-choice questions that assess the understanding of specific words and their meanings. It includes sections for matching words with their definitions, applying meanings in context, and improving sentences using vocabulary from a word bank. The quiz covers various concepts such as infection, vision, and influence.

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Vocabulary Quiz and Exercises

This document is a vocabulary quiz consisting of multiple-choice questions that assess the understanding of specific words and their meanings. It includes sections for matching words with their definitions, applying meanings in context, and improving sentences using vocabulary from a word bank. The quiz covers various concepts such as infection, vision, and influence.

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Lesson 12 Vocabulary Quiz

Words and Their Meanings


Look at the group of words next to the number.
Then circle the letter of the word that has the same meaning.
1. to excite 5. infection
a. arouse a. a space between two things
b. arrange b. a stress placed on a word
c. injure c. an illness caused by germs
d. adopt d. an important event

2. a picture of what might be 6. influence


a. influence a. to bring together
b. series b. to fall sick
c. vision c. to fall apart
d. pattern d. to bring about change

3. to put in order 7. adopt


a. adopt a. to make possible
b. arrange b. to take up as one’s own
c. injure c. to stay away from
d. influence d. to hurt something

4. a guide for making things 8. cell


a. cell a. an item on a list
b. series b. a unit of electricity
c. infection c. an item bought on credit
d. pattern d. a tiny living unit
Applying Meanings
Circle the letter of the correct answer to each question.

9. Which of the following might


cause an infection?
a. A slight headache
b. A bad haircut
c. A deep cut 12. What pattern can you see on a
d. A serious quarrel leopard’s coat?
a. Green diamonds
10. Where would you probably not b. Dark brown spots
find a cell? c. Black and white stripes
a. As part of your skin d. Brown and orange squares
b. In a prison
c. In a beehive 13. Which of the following can be
d. In a cough adopted?
a. A slight hint
11. Which of the following cuts b. An amusing prank
down vision? c. A new schedule
a. Darkness d. A used car
b. Strong smells
c. Loud noises 14. Why might you be aroused?
d. Fear of punishment a. To go to school
b. To take a nap
c. To go to sleep
d. To have a rest a. Someone who feels tired
b. Someone with a headache
c. To go to sleep
15. Who has an injury?
d. A person with a broken finger
Just the Right Word
Improve each of the sentences by crossing out the words in bold and
replacing them with a word (or a form of the word) from the word bank.

adopt arouse arrange cell infection

influence injure pattern series vision

16. Look at the cloth and tell me if you like the way the shapes are placed in
relation to each other.

17. After the numbers 1, 3, 5, the next in this set of things happening in order is
7.

18. My parents received and began to care for me when I was two.

19. Maggie seems to have the powder to cause changes in her friends’ choice
of books.

20. My family will make plans for a trip to see the Statue of Liberty.

21. Bees place the honey they make in small enclosed spaces grouped
together called honeycombs.

22. Kelly is not easy to wake from a deep sleep, so shake her hard.
23. Kara, please stop waving that stick around because you might cause harm
to someone.

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