Weekly Language Review 1&2/Root words

She swims in the river. Which one is the verb?

• Swims

• In the river

• She

• No verb

Fill in the missing word with the correct spelling:
With the sleet, rain and snow the __________was horrible

• Weather
• Whether

Fill in the missing word with the correct spelling:
__________ we do it or not is up to you.

• Whether
• Weather

What is the meaning of the root

dict

• speak
• throw
• cut; separate
• carry

What is the meaning of the root

miss, mit

• send
• writing, written
• write
• believe

What is the meaning of the root

mal, male

• bad; abnormal; worse
• life
• live; life
• foot

the literal, dictionary definition of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• synonym

the emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• context clues

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

Choose the word with the positive connotation.

• gathering
• mob