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Vocabulary and Word Study

Grade 8 · On-level practice · 8 questions · Version PG-47A-1PI4

1.

Which spelling is correct?A. manuscript B. preexisting C. sustainable D. accommodate

2.

Which word means able to be sustained?A. sustainable B. geologist C. consistent D. irreversible

3.

Which word means a person who studies Earth?A. consistent B. manuscript C. biology D. geologist

4.

Which spelling correctly uses the prefix meaning before?A. biology B. irreversible C. preexisting D. geologist

5.

Which word best completes: The results were ___ with the hypothesis?A. consistent B. manuscript C. irreversible D. biology

6.

Which word contains the Greek root meaning life?A. preexisting B. biology C. sustainable D. accommodate

7.

Which word means not reversible?A. biology B. irreversible C. sustainable D. preexisting

8.

Which word has the Latin root meaning write?A. manuscript B. biology C. preexisting D. sustainable

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Grade 8 spelling practice based on published U.S. learning expectations, with reproducible original variations.

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Read the direction, identify the assessed skill, solve or cite evidence, and check the response.

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Using a memorized procedure without checking what the question asks.

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Name the standard skill before answering.

Standards source

Common Core: L.8.4-6. View official framework

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