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Word Study Lesson 8

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the Latin roots pon, pos, and posit mean?
a)
put, place
b)
up, down
c)
in, out
d)
right, left
2.
What does the prefix com-  mean?
a)
with or together
b)
down, away 
c)
outside of
3.
What does the prefix de-  mean?
a)
with or together
b)
down, away, desend
c)
outside of
4.
What does the prefix ex-  mean?
a)
with or together
b)
down, away, desend
c)
outside of
5.
- write or create.
a)
compose
b)
deposit
c)
exposure
d)
compost
6.
- a sum of money kept in a bank account; usually to gain interest.
a)
compose
b)
deposit
c)
exposure
d)
composure
7.
- coming into contact with something.
a)
compose
b)
deposit
c)
exposure
d)
compost
8.
- decaying organic material used as plant fertilizer.
a)
deposit
b)
exposure
c)
compost
d)
post
9.
- display a notice in a public place.
a)
desposit
b)
exposure
c)
compost
d)
post
10.
- relating to the post office or the mail.
a)
postal
b)
preposition
c)
depose
d)
proposal
11.
- a part of speech that goes before or after a noun or pronoun and shows how it is related to another word.
a)
postal
b)
preposition
c)
depose
d)
proposal
12.
- to remove from office suddenly.
a)
preposition
b)
depose
c)
proposal
d)
composition
13.
- a plan or suggestion.
a)
prepostition
b)
depose
c)
proposal
d)
composition
14.
-the way in which something is made up.
a)
preposition
b)
depose
c)
proposal
d)
composition
15.
Last night I sat by the fire and _______ a letter for my dear brother Joseph.
a)
compose
b)
deposit
c)
exposure
d)
compost
16.
The sad man ______ a picutre of his lost cat on the bulletin board.
a)
deposited
b)
composted
c)
posted
d)
composed
17.
The child became sich after being ________ to the flu virus.
a)
deposited
b)
exposed
c)
composted
d)
posted
18.
After I sold my watermelon, I _________ the money into Suntrust Bank.
a)
composed
b)
deposited
c)
composted 
d)
posted
19.
Mrs. Spivey tosses all the leftover vegetables into the _________ pile.
a)
compose
b)
compost
c)
post
d)
deposit
20.
The chemicals _________ gave off a posionous gas that was green.  
a)
preposition
b)
depose
c)
proposal
d)
composition
21.
The ________ worker placed a stamp on my letter.
a)
post
b)
depose
c)
postal
d)
composition
22.
After the war, the dictator was _____________ by an angry mob. 
a)
preposition
b)
deposed
c)
proposal
d)
composition
23.
I added two ________ to the end of this sentence. 
a)
prepositions
b)
postal
c)
proposal
d)
composition
24.
Jim made a _________ that his son should take his lunch to school inorder to save money.
a)
preposition
b)
depose
c)
proposal
d)
composition