Test #6 Use a separate sheet of paper for
your answers. Be sure to read the directions for each section carefully.
Be sure to record: a) your roots homework score ( /10), and b) any
extra credit you may have earned this week. Watch out for extra credit
mistakes to fix. (40pp)
Spelling. Do only the ones you missed on Monday. Everyone should
fill in the blank for #13.
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I read your magazine colunm every month.
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He will designe, and then build the house.
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A sled is a vehicel that has no wheels.
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Make sure you ask for a reciept for your purchase.
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The exhast from cars is a major source of pollution.
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When the whole class talks at once, the result is a cacaphony
of sounds.
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The burglar tripped the autamatic alarm.
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His report's bibliography listed six sources.
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Which composer wrote that symphoney?
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My autobigraphy covers the first ten years
of my life.
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He lifts weights, trying to get more muskuler.
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The crook left in great haiste from the scene
of the crime.
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Use a semicollon to connect parts of a sentence
that could be sentences on their own. These parts are called _____________.
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Each snowflake is younique.
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My mom is a student at the univercity.
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Both tires on his bycicle were flat.
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I can see almost a mile with my binoculers.
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Turn your head so I can draw your silhoette.
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The giant sequoa was hundreds of years old.
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Helen Keller learned to "read" Braile at an
early age.
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He is a maverik; he rarely likes to conform.
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Her favorite fair ride is the Farris wheel.
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The empty church was full of echos.
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What jigantic bean stalk!
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I believe I will have another samwhich.
Roots. Follow the example. If you are exempt, skip
#21-#24, and move on to #26, writing "exempt." (Example) graph = writing,
example: graphics, explanation: Graphics are pictures; literally writing
things.
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(3) port = ______, example: ________, explanation:__________
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(3) tract = ________, example: ________, explanation:__________
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(3) spect = ________, example: ________, explanation:__________
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(3) form = _______, example: ________, explanation:__________
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A reformatory was called a reformatory because one
of its purposes was to ___________. (Be sure to use the definition of the
root form in your answer.)
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Why does the word intractable mean stubborn? (Be sure
to use the definition of the root tract in your answer.)
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Think about the words verdict, dictate, predict (ver =
truth, pre = you should know what it means). What do you think
the root "dict" means?