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Review Test: mob, mot, mov, grad, gress

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The purpose of television commercials is to __________________________ the

benefits of a product so more people will buy it.

a)

motivate

b)

promote

c)

demote

d)

digressing

2.

After Danielle’s third year of violin lessons, her parents could hear the

______________________ she was making as she played a difficult song by Mozart.

a)

progress

b)

motivate

c)

regressed

d)

denote

3.

The manager had to __________________________ his employee when he found

out that the man had made many mistakes.

a)

promote

b)

mobility

c)

demote

d)

automobile

4.

Would you like me to __________________________ your rental car from a small

compact car to a large SUV?

a)

degrade

b)

promote

c)

gradual

d)

upgrade

5.

At her eighth grade __________________________ party, Maria sang her favorite

song, “Off to High School,” on the karaoke machine.

a)

graduation

b)

mobile

c)

Halloween

d)

locomotion

6.

Giving someone an incentive might help __________________________ him or her

to do something that is challenging.

a)

centigrade

b)

motivate

c)

gradual

d)

removal

7.

The Kominskys rented a dump truck to speed up the ________________________

of all the dirt in preparation for the construction of their new pool.

a)

promote

b)

aggression

c)

removal

d)

gradual

8.

One day the rock star had white hair, but it was black the very next day! That hair

color change sure wasn’t __________________________!

a)

progression

b)

aggression

c)

promote

d)

gradual

9.

It’s important to practice self-control at all times so that there won’t be any problems with

__________________________ toward others.

a)

centigrade

b)

aggression

c)

promote

d)

graduation

10.

As a result of her fractured wrist, Mandy would have no __________________________ of her arm for six

weeks while it was healing in the cast.

a)

mobility

b)

centigrade

c)

removal

d)

motion

11.

It was hard to understand the speaker’s message at the conference, because he kept

__________________________ to other topics.

a)

progression

b)

aggression

c)

digressing

d)

Christmas

12.

When his baby brother was born, Kyle __________________________ and used “baby talk” to seek

attention from his parents.

a)

motion

b)

regressed

c)

mobility

d)

mobilize

13.

If you ever think about saying something unkind about someone else, just remember how

__________________________ it makes you feel.

a)

upgrade

b)

digressing

c)

aggression

d)

degraded

14.

We need to __________________________ the members of our Girl Scout troop so that we can prepare

for this year’s sale of cookies.

a)

mobilize

b)

demote

c)

graduation

d)

upgrade

15.

It was so fun watching the __________________________ of the parade as it marched down Main Street.

a)

aggression

b)

digressing

c)

progression

d)

mobility