Pretest 19 -- Eighth Grade -- As always, look for other mistakes to fix for extra credit.
Roots/Prefixes Review!
  1. He is a pathalogical liar; you can never believe anything he says.
  2. Mr. Saxby plays in the SLO symphany.
  3. Plants make food through the process called photosinthesis.
  4. Everybody should syncronize their watches so we all have the same time.
  5. Have you traced your family's genealogy?
  6. The first book of the Bible is called Genasis.
  7. The subtaranean passage caved in.
  8. He remained submurged for 3 minutes before he came up for air.
  9. The fax in fax machine really stands for facsimilie.
  10. We manafacture tires at this plant.
  11. His lawn had a very manacured look.
  12. Hundreds of docters attended the convention.
  13. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
  14. The rising action is where complecations occur.
  15. Think of multaplacation as "power adding."
  16. Do not end a sentence with a prepasition.
  17. Tom Sawyer was a composit of three kids Mark Twain knew growing up.
  18. Listening to music will disstract you from studying.
  19. Can't is an example of a contraction.
  20. Both sides agreed to end the contraversy.
  21. Was it you and Jimmy or visa versa?
  22. What do you remember about what transpiered on the night of the murder?
  23. They formed a conspearasy to steal the jewels.
  24. She always has an accompliss in her mischeif.
  25. Is it sencible to wear Ugg boots in the rain?
  26. The class couldn't reach a consenses; there was always one person who wouldn't agree.
  27. Can you reconstruct the damaged tower?
  28. His driving instructer taught him how to paralell park.
  29. We first built a small protatype for the rocket.
  30. Who is the main protaginist in The Outsiders?
Vocabulary. Find the meaning of each of the roots and prefixes below.
Then write a sentence that uses a word that contains each root or prefix.

path = ______, sym/syn = ______, gen = ________, com/con = _____,
pre = ______, sub = ______, man = ________, fac/fic/fit/fec = ______,
ven = _______, plic/plex/pli = ______, pos = _______,
tract = _______, ver = _______, spir/pir = _______,
sen/sent = _______, struct = _________, prot = ______