Pretest #9 -- In your notebook, choose and write the correct spelling of each  word. Click! Also be on the lookout for any other mechanical mistakes to fix for extra credit. Copy the roots.

1. Tom and Becky got lost in the ___ passageways.  a) subteranein  b) subterranean  c) subteranean  d) subterraneen  e) NOTA
2. She takes classes at the art _____.  a) instatute  b) intitute  c) instetute  d) innstitute  e) NOTA
3. A marble ___ of a lion is at the entrance.  a) statchue  b) statu  c) statchu  d) statue  e) NOTA
4. Start the ____ for the slide show.  a) prajector  b) projecter  c) projector  d) prajecter  e) NOTA
5. Whether you go to the amusement park or not is ____ on your behavior. a) dapendent  b) dependant  c) dapendant  d) dependent  e) NOTA
6. Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence, and what the ____ says, he does. a) predacate  b) predicate  c) pradacate  d) preducate  e) NOTA
7. Getting lost is a serious ____. a) pradicement  b) predicement  c) predicament  d) pradicament  e) NOTA
8. The fallen tree was an ___ in the road.  a) obsticle  b) obstacal  c) obstical  d) obstacle  e) NOTA
9. Tom and Huck believed in many silly ____. a) superstitchions  b) superstitions  c) superstations  d) super-stitions  e) NOTA
10. Traditionally, the ___ of the senior class is the person who has the highest 4-year GPA. a) valadictorian  b) valedictorian  c) valudicterian  d) valudictorian  e) NOTA
11. The weather ___ calls for warmer weather this week. a) prediction  b) pradiction  c) prodiction  d) pridiction  e) NOTA
12. The grand jury handed down an ___ of murder in the first degree. a) inditement  b) indictment  c) indightment  d) indictement  e) NOTA
13. What ___ made you change your mind?  a) circumestances  b) circumstanses  c) circumstances  d) ciramstances  e) NOTA
14. He had memerized every _____ of the poem. a) stansa  b) stanzah  c) stansah  d) stanza  e) NOTA
15. Homer's famous "d'oh" is an example of an ______.  a) intrajection  b) interjection  c) interjectsion  d) interjeaction  e) NOTA
16. He was a very ___ man; he gave millions each year to charity. a) benavolent  b) benevelent  c) benevolent  d) benevolant  e) NOTA
17. More than one ___ can modify a noun.  a) ajective  b) adjectiv  c) adjactive  d) aidjective  e) NOTA
18. It would be ___ for you to study before the test. a) benafitial  b) benefitial  c) benaficial  d) beneficial  e) NOTA
19. What ___ will I recieve for this job?  a) compensation  b) conpensation  c) copensation  d) compensashion  e) NOTA
20. Please don't ___ me. I know what I'm talking about.  a) contredict  b) contradict  c) contradicte  d) contradicte  e) NOTA
21. Check the meaning of the word in the ___. a) dictsionary  b) dictionery  c) dictionary  d) dictionarie  e) NOTA
22. Most of the laws in this country are based on the ___.  a) Constatution  b) Constetution  c) Constitution  d) Constitition  e) NOTA
23. Is he ___ enough to take care of a dog?  a) dapendable  b) dependible  c) dapendible  d) dependable  e) NOTA
24. The ___ traveled at 300 miles per hour.  a) projectile  b) prajectile  c) projectial  d) prejectile  e) NOTA
25. At Laguna, they call _____ teachers guest teachers.  a) substatute  b) substetute  c) substitute  d) subestitute  e) NOTA
26. Latin Root: ject   a) talk/say  b) shoot  c) throw  d) carry  e) stand
27. Latin Root: sta/sti   a) talk/say  b) shoot  c) throw  d) carry  e) stand
28. Latin Root: dict/dic  a) talk/say  b) shoot  c) throw  d) carry  e) stand
29. Latin Root: bene  a) help  b) good  c) hang  d) carry  e) stand
30. Latin Root: pen  a) help  b) good  c) hang  d) carry  e) stand
31. Latin Prefix: sub  a) again  b) over  c) under  d) by  e) with
32. Latin Prefix: con  a) again  b) over  c) under  d) by  e) with