Name: ______
Date: ______Period: ______
Due Friday 02/05/2010
Spelling Lesson 14
Prefix meaning sample wordsques, quer ask question
quir, quis ask inquire
aqua, aqui water aquarium
Vocabulary words
requirement questionnaire inquisitive quest request
aqua aquatic aquatics aquiculture aqueduct
A. Match the Definitions: Using your knowledge of the prefixes and the dictionary, match the vocabulary word with the correct definition.
1. ______n – a color that is a mixture of blue and green
2. ______n – something that is requested or demanded
3. ______adj – growing or living in water
4. ______n – a form with questions used to gather information
5. ______n – sports or exercises that are performed in water
6. ______adj – asking a lot of questions; extremely curious
7. ______n – growing things that live in water
8. ______n – a search to find or obtain something; crusade
9. ______n – a channel or pipe that carries water
10. ______v – to ask for something; n – something you ask
B. Underline the suffix in each word then match its meaning.
1. ______aquanaut a. a place for exhibiting aquatic plants and animals
2. ______aquarium b. watery
3. ______aquatic c. an undersea explorer
4. ______aqueous d. a land formation that contains water
5. ______aquifer e. related to water
1. ______questionable a. one who asks questions
2. ______questionless b. open to questions or doubt
3. ______questioner c. doubtless, without question
4. ______questionnaire d. a form used to gather information
C. Complete the sentence using one of your vocabulary words.
1. The city depended on the 5-mile ______for its supply of water.
2. Having a tennis racket is a ______for being on the tennis team.
3. The ______child asked her parents endless questions about everything.
4. It took me an hour to answer all the questions on the ______.
5. We visited a(n) ______farm that grew lettuce and tomatoes.
6. Their ______for the sunken treasure ended in disappointment.
7. Water polo, water ballet, and swimming are all ______.
8. Principal Palmer turned down our ______for a longer recess.
9. Seaweed is an ______plant.
10. Her ______eyes were beautiful with her blond hair.
D. Complete these analogies.
water aqua aquatics aquarium aquanaut
1. terrarium : plants :: ______: fish
2. space : astronaut :: under water : ______
3. blue-green : ______:: blue-purple : violet
4. ______: swimming :: track : running
5. aquiculture : ______:: agriculture : soil
E. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
1. The (aqua, aquatic, aqueduct) brought water from the mountains to the dry valley below.
2. The class collected (aquatic, aqueduct, aquiculture) plants and animals, studied them and then put them back into the tide pool.
3. With her (aqua, aquatics, aquiculture) colored dress she wore a pearl necklace.
4. If we ever have a space colony, (aquiculture, aqueducts, aqua) would be a good way to grow fresh vegetables for the people in the colony.
5. The high school has a big (aqueduct, aquatics, aquiculture) team. They have swimming, diving, and water polo.
Replace the underlined word/words with the correct vocabulary word.
6. If you ask for a difference flavor of ice cream you can get it. ______
7. The curious child drove her parents crazy with all her questions. ______
8. The explorer’s mission was to climb the five highest mountains.
9. One necessary condition if you want to be president is that you be native born.
10. It should not take you more than 10 minutes to answer the questions on this printed form. ______
Expository Writing Practice:All last week we talked about theme (the life lesson a character learns). People learn things in school and in life. What is the most important thing you have learned? Think of a valuable life lesson. Perhaps you learned the importance of honesty, or being a good friend. Think about reason why this lesson was important to you,
Write an essay telling at least three reasons why what you learned was so important. Use specific details to explain and support your reasons. Include a short personal story about how what you learned helped you later, to help explain one of your reasons why what you learned was so important.
* you must turn in a 1st draft and a final essay – make sure you re-read your 1st draft, edit/revise and make your 2nd draft better with correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.