Roots Practice
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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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Kayla Smith
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(Tain, Fect, Mit, Mis)
By Kayla Smith
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Multiple Choice
The word retain most likely means:
To give away something you own
To hold on to something
To move quickly
To make something stronger
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Multiple Choice
If someone is submissive, they are likely to:
Send orders to others
Hold power over everyone
Be easily controlled or influenced
Refuse to send any information
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Multiple Choice
The word defective means something is:
Perfectly made
Missing important parts or not made correctly
Able to hold a lot of weight
Sent in the wrong direction
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The word transmit most closely means:
To hold something tightly
To send across or pass along
To make something disappear
To hold back emotions
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Multiple Choice
The root tain in the word containment helps show that the word is about:
Sending something
Holding something in
Making something perfect
Breaking something apart
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The root miss in the word dismiss helps you know it means:
To send away
To hold tightly
To make better
To do incorrectly
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Multiple Choice
The word affection comes from the root fect, which means:
To hold
To send
To make or do
To move
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following words contains a root meaning “to hold”?
Omit
Retain
Infect
Dismiss
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Multiple Choice
Which word shows the idea of sending again?
Admit
Remit
Commit
Dismiss
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Match
Match each word to its correct meaning.
Admit
Perfect
Dismiss
Maintain
To send yourself to confess
To make something the best
To send away or remove from a group
To hold something steady or keep it goin
To send yourself to confess
To make something the best
To send away or remove from a group
To hold something steady or keep it goin
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Use one of the roots (tain, mit, miss, fect) to complete each word correctly.
The teacher had to dis
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Use one of the roots (tain, mit, miss, fect) to complete each word correctly.
Please sub
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Use one of the roots (tain, mit, miss, fect) to complete each word correctly.
The car was de
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Use one of the roots (tain, mit, miss, fect) to complete each word correctly.
We must main
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Use one of the roots (tain, mit, miss, fect) to complete each word correctly.
His words in
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Use one of the roots (tain, mit, miss, fect) to complete each word correctly.
The group will need to com
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Use one of the roots (tain, mit, miss, fect) to complete each word correctly.
When you o
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Use one of the roots (tain, mit, miss, fect) to complete each word correctly.
The scientist per
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Match
Match each word to its correct meaning.
Abstain
Emit
permissive
Infectious
To not to participate or “hold back"
To send off or release
allowing something to be sent through
making or doing something to the body
To not to participate or “hold back"
To send off or release
allowing something to be sent through
making or doing something to the body
(Tain, Fect, Mit, Mis)
By Kayla Smith
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