Week #23 Spelling and Word Study

Which word is correctly spelled and would correctly complete the statement below?

During the relay race, the runner needed to ________ he baton and run an extra lap.

• entersept

• entercept

• intercept

• intrcept

The ________ chess competition was a special challenge because professionals from around the world came to compete.

• international

• enternashional

• internashional

• internationalle

Inter- means among.

• True

• False

While at the cabin, I was unable to get ______ because my computer had no means for telephone hook up.

• enternet

• internete

• internit

• internet

The suffix -ous means...

• among

• full of

Which statement is true and correctly spelled?

• A text book is about a centermeter long,

• The width of a highlighter is about a centimeter.

• A person's shoe is a centameter in length.

• The thickness of a finger nail is about a centimeter.

Meter means...

• measuring

• distance

• size

Watching the sun rise is a ___________sight.

• galorious

• glorious

• gloryous

• gloryus

I think that I may be claustrophobic because I get _______ in enclosed spaces.

• nerveous

• nervous

• nervus

• nervis

Man- means size.

• True

• False