Question 1

Research suggests that:

Correct Answer:
students with larger vocabularies tend to be more capable readers

Question 2
While reading about the Olympic Games, a fourth grade class made a list of sports related
words and then made a grid to classify the words according to their distinguishing
characteristics. Those students participated in a(n):
Correct Answer:
semantic feature analysis

Question 3
To use classroom word walls most effectively, teachers should:
Correct Answer:
add new words each day to meet the students' needs

Question 4
The primary reason why teachers should devote instructional time to the study of similes and
metaphors is to help students:
Correct Answer:
make their writing more vivid

Question 5
Words that express opposite meanings are known as:
Correct Answer:
antonyms

Question 6
The term which refers to the history of a word is:
Correct Answer:
etymology

Question 7
Which of the following is the least effective way to evaluate students' vocabulary knowledge?
Correct Answer:
formal tests

Question 8
When introducing new words, sixth grade teacher Terri Crowley alerts her students if the new
words were derived from the Spanish, French, or Latin languages. Effective teachers have
found that knowing a word's history helps students to:
Correct Answer:
spell the word correctly

Question 9
To help his students engage in word-study activities, an effective teacher has decided to teach
his students to use:
Correct Answer:
semantic feature analysis

Question 10
Research suggests that for students in grades three and up, the activity which leads to the
greatest growth in vocabulary is:
Correct Answer:
reading

Question 11
The best way to teach students to use context clues is to use:
Correct Answer:
modeling

Question 12
Effective teachers use minilessons to teach students about specific words. These minilessons:
Correct Answer:

can be provided before or after students read the text

Question 13
Because a group of third grade students have difficulty using dictionaries to find the
definitions they need, their teacher should:
Correct Answer:
model techniques for reading and using dictionary entries

Question 14
Which of the following is not true regarding incidental word learning?
Correct Answer:
Most words students learn are taught directly and explicitly.

Question 15
When eight year old Eli encountered a word that he didn't know, he used the surrounding
words and sentences to determine its meaning. In that situation, Eli used:
Correct Answer:
context clues

Question 16
Sets of words such as deer and dear and blue and blew are known as:
Correct Answer:
homophones

Question 17
A third grade teacher taught a lesson using pairs of words such as dull and sharp, hot and
cold, and easy and hard. This lesson focused upon:
Correct Answer:
antonyms

Question 18
Words that are frequently used in language arts, social studies, science, and math are called:

Correct Answer:
academic vocabulary

Question 19
When the words subway and submarine appeared in a text, the teacher helped the children
break the words apart. They then examined other words that began with sub. These children
participated in a:
Correct Answer:
morphemic analysis

Question 20
As teachers choose words for instruction and word-study activities, they focus on:
Correct Answer:
tier 2 words

Question 21
Expressions which must be translated figuratively such as "raining cats and dogs", "chip
off the old block", and "skeleton in the closet" are known as:
Correct Answer:
idioms

Question 22
The expression quiet as a mouse is an example of a:
Correct Answer:
simile

Question 23
The three tiers of words as described by Beck, McKeown, and Kucan (2002) are:
Correct Answer:
basic words, academic vocabulary, and specialized terms

Question 24

Fourth grade teacher Anna Scott was frustrated. The poorest readers in her class read very few
books while the most capable readers read many books and enlarged their vocabularies. This
situation is an example of the:
Correct Answer:
Matthew Effect