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Roots: ped, man, and manu

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cats and dogs are examples of these.

a)

quadrupeds

b)

bipeds

c)

tripods

d)

peddlers

2.

Janet took her daughter to get one of these so her toes would look pretty for the summer.

a)

pedestrian

b)

pedicure

c)

millipede

d)

impediment

3.

Let's put the camera on this so that it won't wiggle as much!

a)

quadruped

b)

peddler

c)

pedestrian

d)

tripod

4.

Most bicycles have two of these that make the wheels turn around.

a)

pedals

b)

peddlers

c)

impediments

d)

pedestrians

5.

Gerald looked through the peek hole in his front door and saw one of these holding a box of candy.

a)

pedestrian

b)

millipede

c)

quadruped

d)

peddler

6.

Did you see Chloe's pet? it must have a thousand legs! It's one of these.

a)

centipede

b)

quadruped

c)

millipede

d)

biped

7.

Logan, Zack, and Ryan are smart. They always look both ways and use crosswalks. What are they?

a)

Peddlers

b)

pedestrians

c)

centipedes

d)

quadruped

8.

Tanya jumped when she saw one of these crawling across her living room! She's sure it had a hundred legs!

a)

centipede

b)

millipede

c)

biped

d)

quadruped

9.

Although Marissa walked with a limp, she didn't let this _______ get in her way.

a)

impediment

b)

pedestrian

c)

peddler

d)

pedicure

10.

Most of these living things walk upright rather than crawling.

a)

bipeds

b)

quadrupeds

c)

millipedes

d)

peddlers

11.

Tristan's speech (a)   lessened every year, so people could hear his words more clearly when he gave his graduation speech.

12.

The (a)   were trying to earn money for their trip.

13.

If you are trying to get the key into your bike lock, but it's a bit rusted, then you'll have to do this carefully to the lock to get it to open.

a)

manipulate

b)

manacle

c)

mandate

d)

manufacture

14.

This comes with most products that you buy to tell you how to use them properly and/or set them up.

a)

manacle

b)

manicure

c)

manager

d)

manual

15.

The more expensive it is for the workers and the companies to do this, the higher the price you will have to pay for the product.

a)

manipulate

b)

manufacture

c)

maneuver

d)

emancipate

16.

Which word is the name of the treatment that makes the hands look fresh?

a)

manicure

b)

maneuver

c)

emancipation

d)

manacle

17.

Authors create these before they are edited and revised by their publishing companies.

a)

manuals

b)

manacles

c)

manuscripts

d)

maneuvers

18.

This person at Chicken Lickin' was in charge of hiring the new workers for the summer.

a)

manacle

b)

manager

c)

emancipator

d)

maneuver

19.

Old books sometimes use this word instead of the word handcuffs.

a)

maneuvers

b)

manacles

c)

emancipate

d)

mandates

20.

What does a town, city, state, or country create to make sure a law is followed?

a)

mandate

b)

manipulate

c)

maneuver

d)

emancipate

21.

When the boy tried to ride his bike carefully around the cones, what did he do?

a)

maneuver

b)

manacles

c)

manuals

d)

mandates

22.

How do we describe a group of people who are set free from unfair laws or capture?

a)

manacled

b)

emancipated

c)

maneuvered

d)

manipulated

23.

It was hard to (a)   the new overalls, but the child finally got them to close.

24.

The state of California (a)   the use of bicycle helmets for safety reasons.