How a word changes form, and what its root means

Grade 11 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Companion noun one who keeps company with another. Origin: Late Latin companio, from Latin com- “with” + panis “bread, food”. Noah reads a dictionary entry. Which origin → meaning today line matches it?

   • com (with) + panis (bread) → today: someone who shares your meal
   • a person who keeps you company → today: someone you share bread with
   • com (with) + panis (bread) → today: a person who keeps you company
   • com (with) + panis (path) → today: a person who keeps you company
2. 2.

   To get around a rule or an obstacle, often in a clever way. Ari needs one word for a definition in a study guide. Which word is built from parts that match it?

   • circumscribe
   • obstruct
   • intervene
   • circumvent

3. Read this first

   Original

   In 1890, many people could not conceive of a flying machine with an engine, and most thought one could never be built. Revise: An engine-powered flying machine was beyond many people's ___, and few thought one was even ___.

4. 3.

   Luz revises a sentence in a history essay. Which revision puts the noun and the -able form of conceive, spelled right, in the right slots?

   • An engine-powered flying machine was beyond many people's conceivable, and few thought one was even conception.
   • An engine-powered flying machine was beyond many people's conceive, and few thought one was even conceivable.
   • An engine-powered flying machine was beyond many people's conception, and few thought one was even conceivable.
   • An engine-powered flying machine was beyond many people's conception, and few thought one was even conceiveable.

5. Entry

   Candidate noun one who seeks or is nominated for an office, membership or award. Origin: Latin candidatus “dressed in white”, from candidus “bright, white”; people seeking office in ancient Rome wore a whitened toga.

6. 4.

   Tala reads a dictionary entry. Which origin → meaning today line matches it?

   • candidatus (holding a candle) → today: a person seeking an office or award
   • a person seeking an office → today: someone dressed in white
   • candidatus (dressed in white) → today: a person who wears white
   • candidatus (dressed in white) → today: a person seeking an office or award
7. 5.

   Lying or working under the surface of the earth. Jun needs one word for a definition in a geology glossary. Which word is built from parts that match it?

   • subterranean
   • superficial
   • extraterrestrial
   • submarine

8. Original

   The judge in the school's mock trial would not admit the letter as evidence, because nobody could say who wrote it. Revise: The letter was ruled not ___, so its ___ as evidence was denied.

9. 6.

   Pia revises a sentence in a mock-trial summary. Which revision puts the -ible form and the noun of admit, spelled right, in the right slots?

   • The letter was ruled not admissable, so its admission as evidence was denied.
   • The letter was ruled not admission, so its admissible as evidence was denied.
   • The letter was ruled not admit, so its admission as evidence was denied.
   • The letter was ruled not admissible, so its admission as evidence was denied.

10. Entry

    Investigate verb to study by close examination and careful inquiry. Origin: Latin investigare “to track”, from in- “in, toward” + vestigium “footprint”.

11. 7.

    Bo reads a dictionary entry. Which origin → meaning today line matches it?

    • in (toward) + vestigium (footprint) → today: to follow a trail of tracks
    • to study something closely → today: to follow footprints
    • in (toward) + vestigium (footprint) → today: to study something closely
    • in (toward) + vestigium (clothing) → today: to study something closely
12. 8.

    To throw a remark in between other people's words. Milo needs one word for a definition in a debate handbook. Which word is built from parts that match it?

    • intercept
    • eject
    • inquire
    • interject
13. 9.

    Muscle noun body tissue whose long cells contract to produce motion. Origin: Latin musculus “little mouse”, from mus “mouse”. Kira reads a dictionary entry. Which origin → meaning today line matches it?

    • musculus (little mouse) → today: tissue that contracts to move the body
    • musculus (little mouse) → today: a small mouse
    • musculus (great strength) → today: tissue that contracts to move the body
    • tissue that contracts to move the body → today: a little mouse
14. 10.

    Moving backward, or going back to an earlier, worse state. Ren needs one word for a definition in an astronomy glossary. Which word is built from parts that match it?

    • stationary
    • retrospective
    • progression
    • retrograde