5th Grade Classical Roots 11b

What might someone wish to retract?

• a damaged car

• money in a bank

• unkind words

• an article in an encyclopedia

What do you use to measure angles?

• protractor

• tractor

• razor

• circumference

What can give you the best traction when you are climbing a steep hill?

• good shoes

• slippery pebbles

• a rope around your waist

• thinking about having a picnic

If someone is constructing something, what is he/she doing?

• building it

• ordering it by mail

• complaining about it

• planning it

What might be extracted?

• an old house

• a decayed tooth

• a broken leg

• a long paper

Hurricanes are _________ high winds.

• destructive

• instructive

• constructive

• structured

What might a destructive animal do?

• play with a bone

• chew up a pair of shoes

• sleep all day

• nap

Sara wished she could __________ her unkind words.

• detract

• extract

• retract

• contract

When someone is in traction, they are

• being pulled to align correctly

• sitting down

• in bed

• surrounded by water

The colors and scents of flowers __________ butterflies.

• detract

• retract

• attract

• contract