English Worksheet ( Set 12 )

EX
EX means OUT or AWAY FROM


Ex is the fourth root to be featured on the Resource Room found often in scientific contexts.


Some of these words have more than one possible meaning, or different connotations used in different settings. Take the time to explore these!

I. FOR EACH WORD:

1. Write the word

2. Write what it means

3. Draw a picture to go with it

4. Answer the question about it.



word
meaning and example
what to draw
question to answer

(you may draw your answer, too)

exit
verb: to leave

noun: a way out
an exit ramp and a way to exit where you are
What are 10 different ways to exit from something or somewhere? Say how you're exiting, and what you're exiting from

exhaust
to use up entirely ("exhaust our supply of pencils") or use up one's energy and become "exhausted"

the escape of gas or vapor (car or bus exhaust)

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1. An exhausted person. Write beneath the picture how you know the person is exhausted.
2. car or bus exhaust - label the "exhaust."

What are three ways you could tell someone was exhausted?

express
to send out a message, usually in words. (I expressed my opinion when I told him I thought he had been very brave)

a fast and direct way to get from one place to another without stopping (the 'express bus'
1. Someone expressing him/herself
2. An express route
What are five ways to express yourself?

explode
to burst forth suddenly and violently from internal energy ("the bottle of soda exploded")
something exploding
What are three different things that could explode?

expand
to open out, spread out, get bigger ("he expanded his arms," "you need to expand this report from a paragraph to 3 pages" "the balloon expanded as I blew it up... then it exploded!")
something expanding


export
ship out to another place (such as cars from Japan to U.S.A., grain from U.S.A. to another country)
something being exported
What are three ways to export something from one country to another?

extinct
no longer existing (an animal) OR
no longer active (volcano)
An extinct volcano
What is one animal that is extinct?

exoskeleton
hard supporting structure that is on the outside of an animal. For insects, their crunchy shell is their "exoskeleton."
an animal with exoskeleton an exoskeleton
What is one advantage that an exoskeleton has over having bones on the inside?

excessive
going outside a limit (excessive speed, excessive eating)
Someone doing something excessive
What are three things that it can be dangerous to do excessively, and why?

exude
to ooze or send out or spread in all directions (we exude sweat when we exercise heavily, a car could exude oil, or someone could be said to "exude anger" by clenching his fist, frowning, growling, etc.)
something exuding something
How could you tell if someone were "exuding sadness?"

exclude
to close out, not let in (a window screen to exclude flies, a rule to exclude young children from a club)
A sign about excluding something



Complete these sentences with the ex - word. Be sure to mix these sentences with words learned in previous lessons.

exit exclude exuding excessive extinct express exhausted explode expand export exoskeleton

1. You had better be sure that volcano is ____extinct____ before you move near it!

2. I knew the car had a problem by the way it was ____exuding____ oil.

3.You will have to ___exclude____ the names of the people in your report because they do not want people to know who they are.

4.We gave the food and water to the hurricane victims until our supplies were____exhaust____.

5.How can I ____express____ how much I love the mountains?

6. I thought that having 500 pairs of shoes was a bit ____excessive____

7. If we have too many shirts to sell here, we can always ___export___ them to other countries.

8. We decided to ____expand____ the book from two chapters to ten.

9. There are no beetles the size of cars because the ____exoskeleton____ of beetles would make their bodies too heavy to move, or would crush their insides.

10. The fire department requires ____exit____ signs in public buildings so people can find their way out.

11. The science teacher was planning to ____explode____ a test tube in the lab today, so we all wore goggles and got ready to duck.




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