Common Core: 3rd Grade English Language Arts : Use a Root Word to Determine Word Meanings: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.C
Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Common Core: 3rd Grade English Language Arts
All Common Core: 3rd Grade English Language Arts Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #201 : Language
Select the definition for "companion".
A person who is alone
A group of houses that look similar in design
A person who is normally around someone else
A group of houses that don't look similar in design
A person who is normally around someone else
To help us answer this question, we can think of a word we know with the same root word as "companion".
Company and companion have the root word. We know that company means a group of people. So, companion must have something to do with people. Based on our answer choices, and using the known definition of company, "a person who is normally around someone else" is a companion.
A husband is a wife's companion. They are normally together.
Example Question #203 : Language
What does the word aquarium mean?
Hint: The root word “aqu” means water.
A body of water, like a river
A tank filled with water
A waterpark
A blue color
A tank filled with water
An aquarium is a tank filled with water.
Example Question #204 : Language
What does the word century mean?
Hint: The root word “cent” means 100.
10 years
A period of time
A previous time period
100 years
100 years
A century is a 100-year timeframe.
Example Question #205 : Language
What does the word circumference mean?
Hint: The root word “circum” means around.
A circle
A basketball
A circular ball
The distance around a circle
The distance around a circle
The circumference is the distance around a circle.
Example Question #206 : Language
What does the word dictation mean?
Hint: The root word “dict” means to say.
A vacation
A recorded song
A commanding remark
Speaking words for someone to write
Speaking words for someone to write
Diction means to speak words for someone to write down.
Example Question #211 : Language
What does the word manufacture mean?
Hint: The root word “fac” means to make.
To bake a cake
To hold something
To organize a process
To make something by a machine
To make something by a machine
Manufacture means to make something by machine.
Example Question #212 : Language
What does the word fracture mean?
Hint: The root word “fract” means to break.
To move something
To throw out something that is broken
To reset a bone
A break or crack in something
A break or crack in something
A fracture is a break or crack in something.
Example Question #213 : Language
What does the word multiple mean?
Hint: The root word “multi” means many.
Having more than one
A math process
To create
To have only one
Having more than one
Multiple means more than one.
Example Question #214 : Language
What does the word portable mean?
Hint: The root word “port” means to carry.
Able to be carried
Able to be heard
A backpack
Able to be seen
Able to be carried
Portable means something that is able to be carried or moved.
Example Question #215 : Language
What does the word inspection mean?
Hint: The root word “spect” means to look.
A test
A procedure
An eye exam
A review or examination of something
A review or examination of something
An inspection is a review or examination of something.
All Common Core: 3rd Grade English Language Arts Resources
