Deck 4: Vocabulary Development

Question 1

Words that are composed of two different words it is called a _______.

A)Simple word
B)Double word
C)Compound word
D)Root word

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of intractable?_________________________________________________

Answer 2

tract

Question 3

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of portable? ___________________________________________________

Answer 3

port

Question 4

A word part attached to the end of the word is called a ______.

A)Suffix
B)Prefix
C)Context Clue
D)Root

Question 5

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of beautifully? _________________________________________________

Question 6

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of impolite? ___________________________________________________

Question 7

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of enlarge? ___________________________________________________

Question 8

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of induction? __________________________________________________

Question 9

You can use word parts in all the following ways EXCEPT

A)To understand the basic meaning of the word
B)To understand major changes to the root's meaning
C)To understand how a word will act in a sentence
D)To understand why a word was chosen

Question 10

In addition to looking at word parts, a reader must use ______ to determine meaning.

A)Inference
B)Context
C)A dictionary
D)Textbook resources

Question 11

A word part attached to the beginning of the word is called a _____.

A)Suffix
B)Prefix
C)Context Clue
D)Root

Question 12

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of impossible? _________________________________________________

Question 13

The part of the word that carries the meaning is called the _____.

A)Suffix
B)Prefix
C)Context Clue
D)Root

Question 14

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of disrespect? __________________________________________________

Question 15

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of demography? ________________________________________________

Question 16

When you use word parts to figure out the meaning of a word, you have to use _____.

A)Inference
B)Context Clues
C)A dictionary
D)Textbook resources

Question 17

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of carrying? ___________________________________________________

Question 18

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of induce? ____________________________________________________

Question 19

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of audible? ____________________________________________________

Question 20

Suffixes can indicate all of the following EXCEPT _____.

A)actions
B)who completed an action
C)characteristics of things
D)how, when, or where an action is done

Question 21

Read the roots below and choose the appropriate meaning.
phobia

A)fear
B)death
C)condition
D)throw

Question 22

Read each sentence carefully and choose the prefix or suffix that is most appropriate.
The play end___ with a dramatic soliloquy.

A)-s
B)-ing
C)-ed
D)-er

Question 23

Read the roots below and choose the appropriate meaning.
graph

A)by hand
B)enough
C)write
D)name

Question 24

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of illogical? ___________________________________________________

Question 25

Read each sentence carefully and choose the prefix or suffix that is most appropriate.
I found his remark to be very __polite and rude.

A)non-
B)sub-
C)im-
D)dis-

Question 26

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of embolden? __________________________________________________

Question 27

Read each sentence carefully and choose the prefix or suffix that is most appropriate.
The fast__ the instructor spoke, the more I was lost.

A)-er
B)-est
C)-s
D)-less

Question 28

Read each sentence carefully and choose the prefix or suffix that is most appropriate.
I did not want to take the children to see the sink because I did not want to ___danger them.

A)in-
B)dis-
C)im-
D)en-

Question 29

Read the roots below and choose the appropriate meaning.
port

A)leave
B)carry
C)fold
D)fear

Question 30

Read each sentence carefully and choose the prefix or suffix that is most appropriate.
Michele ___connected the cables from the computer in order to move it across the room.

A)re-
B)dis-
C)un-
D)en-

Question 31

Read each sentence carefully and choose the prefix or suffix that is most appropriate.
To feel like a product___ member of the group, I always volunteer to take notes at the meetings.

A)-ive
B)-ly
C)-s
D)-al

Question 32

Read each sentence carefully and choose the prefix or suffix that is most appropriate.
The moment John proposed to me is unforget_____.

A)-table
B)- ing
C)- er
D)- s

Question 33

Determine the root of each word and write it on the space provided.
What is the root of unstoppable? ________________________________________________

Question 34

Read each sentence carefully and choose the prefix or suffix that is most appropriate.
I know Max was not feeling well because his bowl of dog food remain ___touched.

A)en-
B)un-
C)dis-
D)re-

Question 35

Read the roots below and choose the appropriate meaning.
morph

A)change
B)form
C)term
D)name