How a word changes form, and what its root means
Grade 11 Reading Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
In the chemistry lab, Kira wrote a clear ___ of why the solution turned blue. Noah fills a blank in a lab report. Which spelling of the noun from explain belongs in the blank?
- explenation
- explanation
- explaination
- explanatory
Conductor, induce, aqueduct. Each word holds the root duc or duct. Ari reads three words from one family on a history worksheet. What does their shared root mean?
- to lead
- to say or tell
- a channel that carries water
- with or together
Glass is called an amorphous solid because its atoms form no regular crystal pattern. Luz labels a strip for a word in a science article. Which strip is split and labeled correctly?
- a (without) | morph (change) | ous (adjective: having)
- amor (love) | ph | ous (adjective: having)
- a (without) | morph (form, shape) | ous (adjective: having)
- a (without) | morph (form, shape) | ous (noun: a thing)
Before the reading, Ari checked the ___ of every Spanish place name in the poem. Tala fills a blank in a poetry-club note. Which spelling of the noun from pronounce belongs in the blank?
- pronunsiation
- pronounciation
- pronouncement
- pronunciation
Pendulum, suspend, depend. Each word holds the root pend. Jun reads three words from one family on a physics worksheet. What does their shared root mean?
- to swing back and forth
- down or away
- a foot
- to hang
The county gave the new library board autonomy, so the board now sets its own rules and budget. Pia labels a strip for a word in a civics reading. Which strip is split and labeled correctly?
- auto (self) | nom (law, custom) | y (noun: a state of)
- auto (self) | nom (law, custom) | y (adjective: full of)
- auto (self) | nom (name) | y (noun: a state of)
- aut (self) | onomy (noun: a field of study)
On the long climb, the hikers' only ___ was a bag of trail mix and a bottle of water. Bo fills a blank in a hiking-club blog. Which spelling of the noun from sustain belongs in the blank?
- sustainability
- sustenence
- sustenance
- sustainance
The bike shop posts a monthly ___ schedule so riders know when to oil their chains. Kira fills a blank on a bike-shop notice. Which spelling of the noun from maintain belongs in the blank?
- maintenence
- maintenance
- maintainance
- maintainer
Eloquent, loquacious, circumlocution. Each word holds the root loqu or locu. Ren reads three words from one family on a speech-class worksheet. What does their shared root mean?
- a place
- talking around the point
- around
- to speak
The soil sample was heterogeneous: sand, clay and bits of shell sat in separate layers. Esme labels a strip for a word in an earth-science lab. Which strip is split and labeled correctly?
- hetero (other, different) | gen (kind) | eous (noun: a mixture)
- hetero (same) | gen (kind) | eous (adjective: having)
- hetero (other, different) | gen (kind) | eous (adjective: having)
- heter (other) | ogene (gas) | ous (adjective: having)