Sample Test 2: Chapters 4-7
English Word Origins nomen_____________________________
A Productive Verbs (58)
1. Choose 7 and give meaning, second base and 5 derivatives (28 pts 1, .5, .5x5)
Ex. agere actum "do" agile, agent, ambiguous, exigency; actual, redeact
- __capere
- __mittere
- __torquere
- __nasci
- __cedere
- __legere
- __sentire
- __currere
2. Choose 10; give meaning and one derivative from each base. (30)
Ex. emere, emptum "buy" redeem, exempt, peremptory
- 1. haerere, -haesum
- 2. ferre, latum
- 3. caedere, caesum
- 4. vertere, versum
- 5. pati, passum
- 6. stare, statum
- 7. videre, visum
- 8. colere, cultum
- 9. docere, doctum
- 10. habere, habitum
- 11. scribere, scriptum
- 12. solvere, solutum
B Word parts
(42)1. Choose 4; take apart, give meaning of each part. (12 three points each)
Ex. intransigent in- not trans- across -ig- lead, drive -ent -ing
- 1. perspicuous
- 2. interlocutor
- 3. prerequisite
- 4. consistency
- 5. transitive
Extra: use each in a meaningful sentence.
2. Give meaning and a word using each (5):
- ad-
- se-
- circum-
- dis-
- pro-
3. Choose 8. Give meaning and a word using each (16):
- -ile
- -or (pres.)
- -or (ppp)
- -acious
- -ulous
- -sc- (-sce)
- -men
- -ure
- -ence (-ance)
- -ion
4. Give the meanings of the suffixes and 3 words using each (4):
- -nt
- -nd
5. Choose 5. Pick the word that does not belong (i.e. does not come from the same Latin verb as the others) (5):
Ex. province victory victuals evict
1. sequacious sesquipedalian sequence suite
2. manse immanent eminent menage
3. canary canorous accent canticle
4. tangential contiguous contact tango
5. cadence deciduous case decide
6. attend continent contention pretense