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 person who speaks up for someone or something
- A. advocate
- B. empathy
- C. autocrat
- D. incredulous
Question 2
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. pendulum
- A. a type of pen
- B. a weight that hangs and swings
- C. a rolling wheel
- D. a tool for writing
Question 3
Which word has this meaning? hard to believe
- A. malnourished
- B. monotone
- C. autocrat
- D. incredible
Question 4
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. amorphous
- A. very old
- B. full of love
- C. without a clear shape
- D. brightly coloured
Question 5
Which word has this meaning? unwilling or unable to believe something
- A. incredulous
- B. pandemic
- C. intercept
- D. empathy
Question 6
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. polyglot
- A. a fear of crowds
- B. a shape with many sides
- C. a type of plant
- D. a person who speaks many languages
Question 7
Which word has this meaning? a weight that hangs and swings
- A. convention
- B. pendulum
- C. benevolent
- D. incredible
Question 8
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. convert
- A. follow behind
- B. hang down
- C. change from one form to another
- D. stay the same
Question 9
Which word has this meaning? kind and wishing to do good
- A. benevolent
- B. convert
- C. empathy
- D. claustrophobia
Question 10
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. incredulous
- A. unwilling or unable to believe something
- B. amazing
- C. trustworthy
- D. very loud
Question 11
Which word has this meaning? a person who speaks up for someone or something
- A. claustrophobia
- B. advocate
- C. pandemic
- D. intercept
Question 12
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. malnourished
- A. badly fed
- B. well fed
- C. recently born
- D. very tall
Question 13
Which word has this meaning? a disease spreading among people over a very wide area
- A. empathy
- B. incredible
- C. pandemic
- D. psychology
Question 14
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. benevolent
- A. very wealthy
- B. wishing harm
- C. kind and wishing to do good
- D. unable to decide
Question 15
Which word has this meaning? a person who speaks up for someone or something
- A. advocate
- B. incredulous
- C. malnourished
- D. intercept
Question 16
Use the roots you know to choose the most likely meaning of the word. malnourished
- A. recently born
- B. very tall
- C. well fed
- D. badly fed
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