'Tract' Root Words

The tooth ____________ was done by an oral surgeon on Thursday.

• retraction
• extraction
• contraction
• extract

Which word completes the sentence:

Don't allow noise to ________ you from your work.

• extract

• subtract

• distract

• protract

Extract can be defined as:

• friction between a body and a surface

• draw attention away from something

• calculate the difference between two numbers

• to remove with force or effort

Protract can be defined as:

• to prolong or extend

• the grip of a tire

• to remove

• disapproval

"tract" means

• to pull
• to move
• to go
• to push

The root "ped" means foot, so a pedicure is?

• someone who walks on their feet

• a machine that has a foot pedal

• a cosemetic treatment of the feet or toenails

• a four-footed animal

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

A speech that seems to go on forever is

• retraction

• protracted

• abstracted

• contracted

The newspaper printed the _____________________, since the information in yesterday’s paper was actually

not correct

• retraction

• protract

• extract

• tractor

What kind of _____________________ drawing is that? I can’t tell if it’s a banana or a horse!

• retraction

• protract

• abstract

• contract

11. When you pull in your breath, then your stomach will _____________________.

• retract

• contract

• protract

• extract