Exploring the Root Word 'Tract'

What is the meaning of the root word "tract"?

• To write

• To pull or draw

• To speak

• To move quickly

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which word means "to pull attention away from something"?

• Attract

• Distract

• Extract

• Retract

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CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

What does the word "subtract" mean?

• To add numbers together

• To lessen or take away

• To push forward

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of the following words means "to pull back"?

• Retract

• Attract

• Detract

• Abstract

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CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4B

Which word means "to pull or draw something out, often by force"?

• Extract

• Contract

• Subtract

• Attract

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CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4B

Which word means "to pull towards"?

• Detract

• Attract

• Retract

• Subtract

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CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4B

Which word means "to lessen the value or worth of something"?

• Detract

• Attract

• Retract

• Tractor

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CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4B

Which of the following is a machine that pulls heavy loads?

• Abstract

• Tractor

• Contract

• Extract

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word means "an agreement that pulls two parties together"?

• Subtract

• Contract

• Detract

• Traction

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CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4C

If you know that "abstract" means "pulled away from concrete reality," what can you infer about the prefix "ab-"?

• It means "towards"

• It means "away from"

• It means "together"

• It means "under"

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CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4C