Build words with prefixes and suffixes
Grade 6 Reading Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
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The Sound of the Auditorium (article)
[1] The school auditorium was built so that every member of the audience could hear a performance clearly. [2] Its curved walls carry sound to the back rows, and the soft seats keep echoes from building up. [3] Before opening night, a sound engineer tested the room from the last row. [4] She asked a student to speak in a very low voice, and the words were still audible.
[5] In the old gym, the same whisper had been inaudible beyond the third row. [6] The principal said that auditory comfort matters as much as good lighting. [7] During auditions, singers stand on the stage while judges listen from the middle of the hall. [8] A nervous singer may speak too softly, so the judges ask each one to repeat the first line.
[9] The engineer also checks that a loud drum cannot drown out a flute. [10] After the tests, the room was ready for its first concert.
Ari sees audience, audible, auditory and auditions in the passage. What does the root aud- most likely mean?
- hear or listen
- see or look closely
- speak or say aloud
- build or make a hall
Esme reads sentence 6. Using aud- and the ending -ory, what does auditory mean in auditory comfort?
- able to be heard
- the act of hearing
- a place for hearing
- relating to hearing
Jun reads sentence 7. Using aud- and the sentence, what is an audition?
- a place where sound is measured by an engineer
- a test of how well a singer can see the judges
- a short performance that judges listen to
- a loud noise heard in a large hall
Living Things Up Close (article)
[1] A biologist studies living things, from tiny algae to whales. [2] Biology is the study of life, and the same ending appears in ecology and geology. [3] Dr. Okoye writes a biography of each animal she tracks, a record of its life from birth to old age. [4] A biography is different from an autograph, which is a person's own signature.
[5] In her lab, a graph shows how the animals grow over time. [6] Some of her sample trays are biodegradable, so they break down into soil after use. [7] The team also studies how living things depend on their surroundings. [8] Each week she writes a short report of what the group has observed.
[9] Her students say the best part of biology is that the subject is alive. [10] They keep a journal of each experiment so that the data can be checked later.
Luz sees autograph, biography and graph in the passage. What does the root graph most likely mean?
- study or science
- measure or weigh
- break down
- write or record
Milo reads sentence 6. Using bio-, degrade (break down) and -able, what does biodegradable mean?
- unable to break down in soil
- able to be broken down naturally
- full of living things
- able to be studied in a lab
Noah reads sentence 2. What does the ending -logy mean in biology, ecology and geology?
- the fear of
- able to be
- the study of
- a written record of
Messages Across Distance (article)
[1] Long ago, people sent news by letter, and a message could take weeks to travel. [2] The telegraph changed that by sending electric signals along wires. [3] The telephone followed, carrying the sound of a voice through the same kind of wire. [4] Today a telescope lets astronomers see planets that are far beyond the reach of the eye.
[5] A television brings moving pictures into a living room from a distant studio. [6] Engineers also transmit signals through the air, with no wire at all. [7] A transmission tower sends a message across a whole city. [8] Each of these tools shortens distance in some way.
[9] Without them, a message would take much longer to reach a faraway friend. [10] Even a simple call now crosses an ocean in a moment.
Pia reads sentence 3. Using tele- (far) and phon (sound), what does telephone mean?
- a far-off place
- sound from far away
- writing from far away
- pictures from far away
Ren reads sentences 6 and 7. Using trans- (across) and mit (send), what does transmit most likely mean?
- change a signal into words
- receive from far away
- send across a distance
- hold a signal in place
Tala reads sentence 7. In transmission tower, what does the ending -ion do to the verb transmit?
- It turns the verb into a describing word.
- It names the person who sends.
- It makes the verb mean to send back.
- It turns the action into a noun.
Zee reads sentence 5. Using tele- (far) and vis (see), what does television mean?
- a way to write from far away
- a way to see from far away
- a way to hear from far away
- a machine that makes pictures nearby
