Roots 1 - Cloze Sentences

A switch with a ___________ might keep us from turning on a light.

• malfunction

• malformation

• malignant

The tiny girl tried to lift the heavy box, but found it was _______.

• impatient

• impossible

Each employee gets a five-hundred dollar Christmas ______ added to their December salary.

• benign

• bonus

• beneficiary

Sarah was grateful that she decided to wear her _______ shirt since she spilled sauce on it and could turn it inside out.

• reversible

• irresponsible

I desperately hoped that the tumor would not be __________.

• malfunction

• malformation

• malignant

_______ at the traffic delay, many drivers began to blow their horns.

• Impatient

• Impossible

The rabbit’s white tail was clearly ________ against the dark green vegetation.

• visible

• reliable

Relief was the first emotion I felt when the radiologist told me that my mother’s tumor was _______.

• benign

• bonus

• beneficiary

If you are always honest and can be trusted to do what you commit to, then you can say that you are ________.

• visible

• reliable

She was born with a heart _________ because she had a temporary hole in her heart at birth.

• malfunction

• malformation

• malignant