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gress, rupt, tract, mot

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
to go across a boundary or limit
a)
detract
b)
transgress
c)
demote
d)
egress
2.
"gress" means
a)
to get
b)
to grow
c)
to go
d)
to give
3.
"rupt" means
a)
to draw
b)
to push
c)
to pull
d)
to break
4.
"tract" means
a)
to pull
b)
to move
c)
to go
d)
to push
5.
"mot" means
a)
to move
b)
to know
c)
to go
d)
to make
6.

a symbol of a facial expression meant to move its reader

a)

emotion

b)

demote

c)

emoticon

d)

emotive

7.
moving downward
a)
detract
b)
retract
c)
demote
d)
rupture
8.

to direct someone's attention away from what they are currently focusing on and on to something else

a)

rupture

b)

egress

c)

demote

d)

distract

9.

to burst or break

a)

retract

b)

rupture

c)

extract

d)

digress

10.
a stepping apart
a)
digress
b)
retract
c)
emote
d)
rupture
11.

to pull something out

a)

rupture

b)

emote

c)

extract

d)

transgress

12.

to drag attention away

a)

detract

b)

retract

c)

demote

d)

rupture

13.

to pull back into a starting position

a)

egress

b)

demote

c)

digress

d)

retract

14.

to step out or exit

a)

regress

b)

egress

c)

demote

d)

detract

15.

a sudden break in harmony

a)

emoticon

b)

rupture

c)

abrupt

d)

detract

16.

to hype up or positively praise

a)

emote

b)

promote

c)

demote

d)

emoticon

17.
a self-propelled vehicle, powered by steam
a)
emote
b)
emoticon
c)
rupture
d)
locomotive
18.

a state of tension created by a pulling force

a)

abstract

b)

traction

c)

retract

d)

transgress

19.

A root contains a word's...

a)

spelling

b)

prefix or suffix

c)

core meaning

d)

pronunciation

20.

Where do you find a root in a word?

a)

in the middle

b)

at the end

c)

in the beginning

d)

anywhere

21.

What is a root?

a)

a base word

b)

a word part

c)

a real word

d)

a synonym