Greek and Latin Roots Unit 7

Cindy's​ (a)   to finish school helped her graduate from college a semester early.

• motivation
• attention
• extend
• detract

Match the following

• detract

• to make something smaller or shorter

• tension

• the amount that something is stretched; an uneasy feeling

• contract

• likely to cause people to argue or disagree

• contentious

• to reduce strength, value, or importance of something

The ​ (a)   phone allows people to leave home, even if they are waiting fort an important phone call.

• mobile
• tension
• motive
• extend

We watched the ​​ (a)   pull the plow through the field at the farm.

• tractor
• contract
• contentious
• mobile

If you park that old rusted car in your front yard, it will ​ (a)   from the beauty of your house.

• detract
• contract
• extend
• motive

When you flex your bicep, the muscle ​ (a)   and gets shorter.

• contracts
• extends
• tension
• contentious

It"s important to give your full ​ (a)   ​ when learning something new.

• attention
• motive
• detract
• tension

​ (a)   means to have the ability to move from one place to another.

• Mobile
• motive
• tractor
• extend
• contentious

​ (a)   is the act or power of carefully thinking about listening to, or watching someone or something.

• attention
• motivtion
• detract
• tension

My main ​ (a)   for learning Spanish is so that I can speak with my grandmother, who doesn't speak English.

• motive
• contract
• extend
• contentious