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Building Vocabulary with Word Roots: Lesson One

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which vocabulary word is spelled correctly?
a)
obstreperious
b)
oblivious
c)
opponant
d)
obstinate
2.
What does the root word "lig" mean?
a)
adverse; litigious
b)
restrain; hold together
c)
foot; stocking
d)
porcine; hooved
3.
If Benjamin is refusing to be included in the choir, despite being quite the man on stage, he is being what?
a)
obstinate
b)
obstreperous
c)
obnoxious
d)
oppressive
4.
If Emma is having a meltdown, and her brothers can hear her wail through the walls, Emma's mom might call her what?
a)
obstreperous
b)
obvious
c)
obnoxious
d)
oppressive
5.
What does the root word of obnoxious mean?
a)
harm
b)
annoying
c)
noisy
d)
put, place
6.
"If you are not for us, you must be against us." What vocabulary word describes you if "you are against us?"
a)
obligation
b)
opponent
c)
obstruction
d)
obnoxious
7.
Which form of vocabulary word best describes this picture?
a)
oppressive
b)
obstruction
c)
obverse
d)
obviate
8.
Which word is not a valid form of the word "obtrude?"
a)
obtrusive
b)
obtain
c)
obverse
d)
oblivious
9.
Jacob did all of Benjamin's chores for a week so that he could practice the harp instead. What is the implied payback from Benjamin called?
a)
obligation
b)
obdurate
c)
opponent
d)
obstruction
10.
Which of the following words is an adverb?
a)
opposite
b)
obloquy
c)
obstinancy
d)
obstruct
11.
What vocabulary word best describes Bidoof?
a)
obligation
b)
obnoxious
c)
opposite
d)
oppurtune
12.
It was anathema to Ms. Simmons-Rosen that her students became adverse to one another. What word can best describe these students?
a)
obstreperous
b)
opponents
c)
obstructions
d)
obstinate
13.
What vocabulary word best describes the mandatory Jedi fight of the darkness?
a)
obstreperous
b)
obligation
c)
obnoxious
d)
obstructionism
14.
What vocabulary word best describes the relationship between these arch enemies?
a)
opponents
b)
obligations
c)
obloquies
d)
obvious
15.
Which vocabulary word describes the truism "Superman is vulnerable to Kryptonite?"
a)
obstinate
b)
obligation
c)
obvious
d)
opposition
16.
Which of the following vocabulary words is a synonym for obdurate?
a)
opposite
b)
obtrusively
c)
obstinate
d)
obvious
17.
Which vocabulary word has a root word that means "push, thrust?"
a)
obstruction
b)
obstreperous
c)
obligation
d)
obtrude
18.
Which vocabulary word is spelled incorrectly?
a)
obfuscate
b)
oppressive
c)
obstinate
d)
obligatioun
19.
If circumstances are not social justifiable (or inequitable), how will the unfairly treated people feel?
a)
oppressed
b)
obtrusive
c)
obligated
d)
obvious
20.
When Grumpy Cat refuses to acknowledge the joy of the day, which vocabulary word can best describe him?
a)
obvious
b)
oppressive
c)
obstinate
d)
obligated