WorksheetsRogue Wave
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
"The next morning, I didn’t go to practice because my ankle had swelled to the size of a softball." Swell means . . .
hide
drip
blunt
grow
"When we approached Hankow, she went on deck and stretched out on a long chair." Here deck means . . .
chocolate bar
section of a wall on a ship
section of a floor on a ship
to punch someone
"Moreover, until the eighteenth century, cartographers were mainly interested in producing maps for the purposes of navigation." Navigation means . . .
piloting
proclivity
running
nativity
"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 wave
a feather
a stone
a raft
"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?
to play golf
to look outside
to hide valuables
to plant flowers
Our room on the ship had a small ______ that let light in.
porthole
deck
swell
navigation
submerge
__________, especially over long distances, was much more difficult before the invention of detailed maps and GPS
swell
deck
porthole
navigation
submerge
I leapt from the dock and onto the __________ of the boat
swell
deck
navigation
submerge
porthole
Each __________ gently rocked the boat.
swell
deck
navigation
submerge
porthole
Standing on the shore, we watched the submarine ____________.
swell
deck
navigation
submerge
porthole
The root word "bi" in bicycle means _ _ _.
(a)
The root word "mono" in monoplane means _ _ _.
(a)
The root word "super" as in supervisor means . . .
three
under
over
many
power
The root word "scrib" as in scribe means . . .
to dance
to sing
to paint
to write
Root words have Latin and ___________ origins.
French
Chinese
Canadian
Spanish
Greek
