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?
- explanatory
- explaination
- explanation
- explenation
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?
- with or together
- to say or tell
- to lead
- a channel that carries water
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?
- amor (love) | ph | ous (adjective: having)
- a (without) | morph (form, shape) | ous (adjective: having)
- a (without) | morph (change) | ous (adjective: having)
- a (without) | morph (form, shape) | ous (noun: a thing)
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 hang
- to swing back and forth
- down or away
- a foot
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)
- aut (self) | onomy (noun: a field of study)
- auto (self) | nom (name) | y (noun: a state of)
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?
- sustainance
- sustenence
- sustenance
- sustainability
Recognize, cognition, incognito. Each word holds the root cogn or cogni. Milo reads three words from one family on a psychology worksheet. What does their shared root mean?
- again
- to know
- with a hidden identity
- birth or kind
In the novel, the lonely innkeeper acts like a misanthrope, refusing to trust any guest who arrives. Zee labels a strip for a word in a book-club guide. Which strip is split and labeled correctly?
- mis (hate) | an (not) | thrope (noun: a person)
- mis (hate) | anthrop (human being) | e (verb: to act)
- mis (wrongly, badly) | anthrop (human being) | e (noun: a person)
- mis (hate) | anthrop (human being) | e (noun: a person)
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?
- around
- a place
- to speak
- talking around the point
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)