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8th Grade Vocabulary Test

A free 8th grade vocabulary test to print. It has 20 questions, Name, Date and Score lines, and an answer key.

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Skill check

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How to use it

  1. Print one copy for each student.
  2. Read the instructions for each part with the class.
  3. Mark the test with the answer key. Write the score out of 20.
  4. Look at the skill check. Find the skill with the most mistakes and teach it again.
  5. Print Version B for a retest. It asks new questions on the same skills.

The questions in Version A

This is what the test asks. The answers are on the answer key.

Part A: Multiple choice

  1. Which word has a root that means "send"?
    1. malnutrition
    2. submit
    3. benevolent
  2. In "empathy", path means:
    1. study
    2. measure
    3. feeling
  3. In "symphony", phon means:
    1. self
    2. light
    3. sound
  4. In "benefit", bene means:
    1. good
    2. land
    3. water
  5. In "monotone", mono means:
    1. one
    2. feeling
    3. fear
  6. In "microphone", phon means:
    1. self
    2. sound
    3. far
  7. In "mission", miss means:
    1. water
    2. land
    3. send
  8. In "hydrant", hydr means:
    1. mind
    2. feeling
    3. water
  9. Which word has a root that means "light"?
    1. television
    2. biography
    3. photosynthesis
  10. In "aquatic", aqua means:
    1. water
    2. bad
    3. good
  11. In "chronicle", chron means:
    1. water
    2. time
    3. study
  12. In "television", tele means:
    1. light
    2. earth
    3. far
  13. In "conduct", duc means:
    1. land
    2. send
    3. lead
  14. Which word has a root that means "mind"?
    1. chronological
    2. empathy
    3. psychology
  15. In "thermal", therm means:
    1. heat
    2. write
    3. light
  16. Which word has a root that means "bad"?
    1. fracture
    2. territory
    3. malfunction
  17. In "zoology", log means:
    1. feeling
    2. study
    3. measure
  18. In "microwave", micro means:
    1. life
    2. see
    3. small
  19. In "fraction", fract means:
    1. lead
    2. water
    3. break
  20. In "geology", log means:
    1. measure
    2. study
    3. fear

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