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Greek and Latin Roots Unit 7

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cindy's​ (a)   to finish school helped her graduate from college a semester early.

Choose from the below words
motivation
attention
extend
detract
2.

Match the following

a)

likely to cause people to argue or disagree

1.

contentious

b)

to make something smaller or shorter

2.

contract

c)

to reduce strength, value, or importance of something

3.

detract

d)

the amount that something is stretched; an uneasy feeling

4.

tension

3.

The ​ (a)   phone allows people to leave home, even if they are waiting fort an important phone call.

Choose from the below words
mobile
tension
motive
extend
4.

We watched the ​​ (a)   pull the plow through the field at the farm.

Choose from the below words
tractor
contract
contentious
mobile
5.

If you park that old rusted car in your front yard, it will ​ (a)   from the beauty of your house.

Choose from the below words
detract
contract
extend
motive
6.

When you flex your bicep, the muscle ​ (a)   and gets shorter.

Choose from the below words
contracts
extends
tension
contentious
7.

It"s important to give your full ​ (a)   ​ when learning something new.

Choose from the below words
attention
motive
detract
tension
8.

​ (a)   means to have the ability to move from one place to another.

Choose from the below words
Mobile
motive
tractor
extend
contentious
9.

​ (a)   is the act or power of carefully thinking about listening to, or watching someone or something.

Choose from the below words
attention
motivtion
detract
tension
10.

My main ​ (a)   for learning Spanish is so that I can speak with my grandmother, who doesn't speak English.

Choose from the below words
motive
contract
extend
contentious
11.

Match the following

a)

the condition of being eager to act or work

1.

motivation

b)

a large vehicle used to pull farm equipment

2.

tractor

c)

to cause something, such as your arm or leg, to straighten out or to stretch out.

3.

extend

d)

a reason for doing something

4.

motive

12.

You will create a ​ (a)   environment if you keep bringing up these controversial issues.

Choose from the below words
contentious
extend
detract
motivation
13.

If you ​ (a)   your arms outwards, you will feel your chest muscles stretch.

Choose from the below words
extend
contract
motive
tension
14.

After the friends argued, there was a lot of ​ (a)   in the room.

Choose from the below words
tension
motive
contract
detract