Using Roots and Affixes
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4th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The word described comes from the root scrib that means write. Which words come from the same root as described?
Detail
Inscribe
Scribble
Design
Prescribe
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4B
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.4B
CCSS.L.7.4B
CCSS.L.8.4B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read the following sentence: "We're unplugging, disconnecting, whatever you want to call it." In which word does the prefix dis- have the same meaning as it does in the word disconnecting?
Distance
Disappear
Dishes
Discussion
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.L.3.4C
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The suffix -est means "the most" and the suffix -er can mean "more." Which word means someone who has lived longer than me?
Old
Older
Oldest
Ancient
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which word has a root word that means "life" in the following sentence? "The teacher was so vivacious she made every child want to come to her class."
teacher
vivacious
child
class
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4B
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.4B
CCSS.L.7.4B
CCSS.L.8.4B
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In which words does the root "bio" have the same meaning as it does in "biology"?
biopsy
biceps
bilingual
antibiotic
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4B
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.4B
CCSS.L.7.4B
CCSS.L.8.4B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which word contains a Latin root that means "to believe"?
bisect
credible
remit
benefit
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4B
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.4B
CCSS.L.7.4B
CCSS.L.8.4B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In which word does the root "port" have the same meaning as it does in "opportunity"?
portable
portion
Portobello
portrait
Tags
CCSS.L.K.5A
CCSS.L.1.5A
CCSS.L.1.5B
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