Root Words: Ped, Man/Manu, Spec

Select the correct definition of the root: -ped. (a)  

• see, look
• foot
• hand

Select the sentence that uses the word correctly.

• Jane is a good pedestrian; she never jaywalks on the street.

• Jane is a good peddler; she never jaywalks on the street.

• Jane is a good quadruped; she never jaywalks on the street.

• Jane is a good impediment; she never jaywalks on the street.

Select the sentence that uses the word correctly.

• As a teenager, Bob worked as a pedestrian selling magazines door-to-door.

• As a teenager, Bob worked as a quadruped selling magazines door-to-door.

• As a teenager, Bob worked as a peddler selling magazines door-to-door.

• As a teenager, Bob worked as an impediment selling magazines door-to-door.

Select the sentence that uses the word correctly.

• The tree fell over in the road and became a quadruped for the school bus.

• The tree fell over in the road and became an impediment for the school bus.

• The tree fell over in the road and became a peddler for the school bus.

• The tree fell over in the road and became a pedestrian for the school bus.

Select the sentence that uses the word correctly.

• Dogs, cats, and horses are all in the category of pedestrians.

• Dogs, cats, and horses are all in the category of peddlers.

• Dogs, cats, and horses are all in the category of impediments.

• Dogs, cats, and horses are all in the category of quadrupeds.

Select the correct definition of the root: -man/manu.

• see, look

• foot

• hand

Select the sentence that uses the word correctly.

• The car smoothly maneuvered around the corners of the steep hill.

• The car smoothly manipulated around the corners of the steep hill.

• The car smoothly emancipated around the corners of the steep hill.

• The car smoothly manufactured around the corners of the steep hill.

Select the sentence that uses the word correctly.

• Clothing is maneuvered in factories by machines or sometimes by hand.

• Clothing is manipulated in factories by machines or sometimes by hand.

• Clothing is manufactured in factories by machines or sometimes by hand.

• Clothing is emancipated in factories by machines or sometimes by hand.

Select the sentence that uses the word correctly.

• Animal rights' activists argue that animals in a zoo should be maneuvered back to the wild.

• Animal rights' activists argue that animals in a zoo should be manufactured back to the wild.

• Animal rights' activists argue that animals in a zoo should be manipulated back to the wild.

• Animal rights' activists argue that animals in a zoo should be emancipated back to the wild.

Select the sentence that uses the word correctly.

• Billy likes to do puzzles and emancipates the puzzle pieces until they fit just right.

• Billy likes to do puzzles and manipulates the puzzle pieces until they fit just right.

• Billy likes to do puzzles and maneuvers the puzzle pieces until they fit just right.

• Billy likes to do puzzles and manufactures the puzzle pieces until they fit just right.