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Word Study 2-1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of the stem COGN?

a)

know

b)

sound

c)

new

d)

life

2.

What is the definition of the stem NOV?

a)

sound

b)

new

c)

know

d)

life

3.

What is the definition of the stem ARCHY?

a)

life

b)

know

c)

government

d)

sound

4.

What is the definition of the stem SON?

a)

new

b)

life

c)

government

d)

sound

5.

What is the definition of the stem BIO?

a)

life

b)

sound

c)

government

d)

new

6.

Which STEM means life?

a)

bio

b)

son

c)

archy

d)

nov

7.

Which STEM means sound?

a)

bio

b)

son

c)

cogn

d)

nov

8.

Which STEM means government?

a)

son

b)

cogn

c)

archy

d)

bio

9.

Which STEM means new?

a)

archy

b)

bio

c)

nov

d)

cogn

10.

Which STEM means know?

a)

bio

b)

son

c)

nov

d)

cogn

11.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

The __________ has been studying about human life for fifty years.

a)

biologist

b)

incognito

c)

anarchic

d)

dissonance

12.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

The villain was dressed ________, and no one knew who he was.

a)

novice

b)

incognito

c)

dissonant

d)

assonant

13.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

When the new band played the first time, everyone cringed because their music was ______ and terrible.

a)

assonant

b)

nouveau

c)

dissonant

d)

archaic

14.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

Without an announced leader, the _________ rule was completely out of control.

a)

incognito

b)

novice

c)

cognitive

d)

anarchic

15.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

The doctor who had just graduated from medical school and taken a new job was a/an ___________ in the hospital.

a)

novice

b)

noveau

c)

novel

d)

novella

16.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

Shakespeare also wrote many _________ based on the number of syllables in each line.

a)

sonics

b)

sonnets

c)

supersonics

d)

sonograms

17.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

I would like to study ________ in order to learn more about unusual forms of life.

a)

autobiographies

b)

biologist

c)

biophysics

d)

biographies

18.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

When we lose too much sleep, our ________ level decreases, and we act like we are out of it.

a)

incognito

b)

cognizant

c)

cognition

d)

cognitive

19.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

The king ruled his _____________ with an iron glove.

a)

matriarchy

b)

anarchy

c)

heirarchy

d)

monarchy

20.

Using context clues, choose the word that best fits the sentence.

The _________ only took two months, and the house looked totally different!

a)

renovation

b)

innovation

c)

renovate

d)

innovate