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Using roots to work out a whole word's meaning

7th grade (Year 8 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: L.7.4.B, L.7.4.D · England: KS3 English (vocabulary), 11+ English

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Question 1
Which word has this meaning? a large meeting where people come together
- A. claustrophobia
- B. convention
- C. malnourished
- D. convert
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Question 2
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. benevolent
- A. kind and wishing to do good
- B. wishing harm
- C. unable to decide
- D. very wealthy
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Question 3
Which word has this meaning? fear of small, enclosed spaces
- A. sequel
- B. incredible
- C. psychology
- D. claustrophobia
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Question 4
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. pandemic
- A. a disease in one animal
- B. a type of medicine
- C. a cure for a disease
- D. a disease spreading among people over a very wide area
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Question 5
Which word has this meaning? a person who speaks many languages
- A. advocate
- B. polyglot
- C. incredulous
- D. malnourished
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Question 6
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. amorphous
- A. brightly coloured
- B. full of love
- C. without a clear shape
- D. very old
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Question 7
Which word has this meaning? a story that follows an earlier one
- A. incredulous
- B. intercept
- C. pandemic
- D. sequel
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Question 8
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. intercept
- A. build again
- B. throw away
- C. hang up
- D. catch something on its way between two places
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Question 9
Which word has this meaning? kind and wishing to do good
- A. convert
- B. empathy
- C. monotone
- D. benevolent
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Question 10
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. incredible
- A. easy to see
- B. hard to believe
- C. very loud
- D. badly made
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Question 11
Which word has this meaning? a large meeting where people come together
- A. autocrat
- B. amorphous
- C. monotone
- D. convention
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Question 12
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. convention
- A. a type of prison
- B. a large meeting where people come together
- C. a summary
- D. a new invention
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Question 13
Which word has this meaning? kind and wishing to do good
- A. pandemic
- B. benevolent
- C. psychology
- D. polyglot
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Question 14
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. benevolent
- A. wishing harm
- B. very wealthy
- C. unable to decide
- D. kind and wishing to do good
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Question 15
Which word has this meaning? a person who speaks up for someone or something
- A. pandemic
- B. amorphous
- C. monotone
- D. advocate
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Question 16
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. malnourished
- A. well fed
- B. recently born
- C. very tall
- D. badly fed

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