Prefixes/Root Words
The prefix "non" means ...
within
not
hundred
sometimes
What is not?
True or False: you should read the passage more than once.
What is true?
millionaire
nuisance
prince
farmer
What is nuisance?
Sometimes there is water in the air. The water is held inside low-hanging clouds. This is called fog. There is not enough water for rain, but there is too much for clear skies.
The water is _______.
running
dirty
trapped
clear
What is trapped?
Mika gazed out the door for hours waiting for the first sign of sunlight. “I guess we have no choice but to move your party,” mom said. Mika opened her mouth to object, but the pelting on the roof made it clear a pool party was just not possible.
The weather had been ______.
apathetic
acceptable
poised
unpleasant
What is unpleasant?
The root word astro means?
earth
water
stars, heavens
do again
What is stars, heavens?
True or False: the faster you go the better you do.
What is false?
Dimmed lights, soft jazz, and velvet couches created an ambiance perfect for writing. Paige placed an order for coffee and eavesdropped on two artists quietly discussing their upcoming performance. She had a feeling this would be the place she finally finished her novel.
The shop was ______.
mellow
detached
busy
fancy
What is mellow?
Speed skaters lean forward at the waist for their entire race. That way, the air will pass over their backs the same way air passes over the top of an airplane. The skaters keep their backs straight and their heads up, eyes looking forward. In the 500 meters, they swing their arms vigorously from side to side for the entire race to increase their speed. In longer races, the skaters sometimes put one arm flat against their back to conserve their energy. Speed skating is hard work, but Bonnie makes it look natural.
The skater's _____________ is important.
equipment
technique
coach
warm-up
What is technique?
According to my Italian grandmother, pasta sauce from a can is a disgrace. She insists we spend hours hovered over a large pot stirring in only the freshest ingredients. This year, she has even begun to teach me how to make noodles from scratch. The recipe has been passed down in my family for several generations.
Grandma’s food is _____.
authentic
unique
radiant
citrus
What is authentic?
The prefix "counter-", like in "counterargument", means what?
a place in your kitchen to sit things
opposite or against
similar
to fight
What is opposite or against?
The number of skips you get on the RI.
What is 3?
Susie was the youngest in her family. She had warm brown eyes, a sunny smile, heavy long black hair, and big ideas. She followed her sisters as they helped their mother. She swept the wooden floor clean, down to the cracks, with a stick broom that was as tall as she was. She learned how to plant corn and beans and melons, and how to harvest them when the honking geese swept southward across the sky. She learned how to mix pemmican, a food made of meat and fat, and she stood on tiptoe to taste the sweet golden pies her mother made out of squash.
Susie was. ______________.
dishonest
deplorable
annoying
industrious
What is industrious?
At least they allow me to write. Indeed I believe they think my writing is something extraordinary. Each time I take out my copybook and quill, I see looks of approval pass from one to another.
They _____________ my writing.
influence
appreciate
condemn
memorize
What is appreciate?
Well, this year Sara decided that she was definitely not going to follow family tradition. She did not collect scraps of fabric and paper before Mother's Day. She did not press leaves or flowers between the pages of her heavy Grimm's Fairy Tales book. She did not do any of the things she had always done before a special day. For Mother's Day she absolutely would not make another pillow or pincushion or picture. She wouldn't even make a card.
She was being _______.
contrary
helpful
suspicious
bossy
What is contrary?
The prefix "re-" means "back" or "again". So, "rejuvenate" means...
be young
never grow old
make young again
bring a child back home
What is make young again?
By using _________________ to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words, you can save time when reading and help make words part of your working vocabulary
context clues
inferences
guessing
What is context clues?
Then in 1585, another of our adventurous sailors, John Davis, of Sandridge on the Dart, set sail with two barks, the Sunshine and the Moonshine, of 50 and 35 tons respectively, and discovered in the far Northwest the Strait which now bears his name. He was driven back by the ice; but, undeterred by his failure, he set out on a second, and then on a third voyage of discovery in the two following years. But he never succeeded in discovering the Northwest passage. John Davis was _____ .
arrogant
persistent
triumphant
irreverent
What is persistent?
In general, Italians like to buy fresh food each day from small local shops. As a result, Italy has more small grocery stores than any other country in Europe. In recent years, large supermarkets have opened on the outskirts of towns and cities. However, compared to other countries, these are few in number.
Local shops are _____ in Italy.
elegant
expensive
preferred
courteous
What is preferred?
The new village, Qunu, was not very different from Mvezo. The wind blew through the valley, and the sunsets had forever kissed the hills. Buti's mother tended the fields of vegetables. His sisters ground the mealies and prepared the pumpkin, beans, and sorghum for dinner. Buti herded the cattle. Although Buti's father was no longer chief, he was respected, and would often be called to settle a dispute or instruct a student in history.
They all _____ in daily life.
behaved
dictated
interfered
participated
What is participated?
What does the root word chron mean?
time
against
opposite
measure
What is time?
A good strategy for test taking that gets rid of wrong answers first.
What is process of elimination?
As they moved westward, early pioneers faced many tribulations, such as scarce food, extreme weather, and loneliness.
Tribulations means....
criminals
hard decisions
great difficulties
set backs
What is great difficulties?
By afternoon, Perrault, who was in a hurry to be on the trail with his despatches, returned with two more dogs. "Billee" and "Joe," he called them, two brothers, and true huskies both. Sons of the one mother though they were, they were as different as day and night. Billee's one fault was his excessive good nature, while Joe was the very opposite, sour and introspective, with a perpetual snarl and a malignant eye. Their behaviors were _____ .
conflicting
obligatory
fabricated
cherished
What is conflicting?
The Mogho Naba maintained grand pomp and ceremony in his court, which was imitated on a much smaller scale by the other Nabas. It was forbidden to touch his hand or to speak to him without kneeling with one's forehead on the ground. People were expected to hesitate before pronouncing his name, and no one else was allowed to have his name. The Mogho Naba was _____ .
excited
exonerated
exalted
exploited
What is exalted?