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Rogue Wave

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"The next morning, I didn’t go to practice because my ankle had swelled to the size of a softball." Swell means . . .

a)

hide

b)

drip

c)

blunt

d)

grow

2.

"When we approached Hankow, she went on deck and stretched out on a long chair." Here deck means . . .

a)

chocolate bar

b)

section of a wall on a ship

c)

section of a floor on a ship

d)

to punch someone

3.

"Moreover, until the eighteenth century, cartographers were mainly interested in producing maps for the purposes of navigation." Navigation means . . .

a)

piloting

b)

proclivity

c)

running

d)

nativity

4.

"I feel calm, though I can’t hear anything, like my head is submerged in water." Which of the following is more likely to be fully submerged in water?

a)

a wave

b)

a feather

c)

a stone

d)

a raft

5.

"I, too, craned to see out the portholes, examining the scenery not as a tourist but as a strategist, looking for areas where a guerrilla army might hide itself." For what would you use a porthole?

a)

to play golf

b)

to look outside

c)

to hide valuables

d)

to plant flowers

6.

Our room on the ship had a small ______ that let light in.

a)

porthole

b)

deck

c)

swell

d)

navigation

e)

submerge

7.

__________, especially over long distances, was much more difficult before the invention of detailed maps and GPS

a)

swell

b)

deck

c)

porthole

d)

navigation

e)

submerge

8.

I leapt from the dock and onto the __________ of the boat

a)

swell

b)

deck

c)

navigation

d)

submerge

e)

porthole

9.

Each __________ gently rocked the boat.

a)

swell

b)

deck

c)

navigation

d)

submerge

e)

porthole

10.

Standing on the shore, we watched the submarine ____________.

a)

swell

b)

deck

c)

navigation

d)

submerge

e)

porthole

11.

The root word "bi" in bicycle means _ _ _.

(a)  

12.

The root word "mono" in monoplane means _ _ _.

(a)  

13.

The root word "super" as in supervisor means . . .

a)

three

b)

under

c)

over

d)

many

e)

power

14.

The root word "scrib" as in scribe means . . .

a)

to dance

b)

to sing

c)

to paint

d)

to write

15.

Root words have Latin and ___________ origins.

a)

French

b)

Chinese

c)

Canadian

d)

Spanish

e)

Greek