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Latin Roots
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English
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7th - 8th Grade
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Lisa Moore
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This quiz focuses on Latin roots and their meanings, making it an essential vocabulary development tool for middle school students in grades 7-8. The questions systematically cover fundamental Latin roots including aqua (water), spect (to look), vis/vid (to see), cent (one hundred), mal (bad), pater (father), mater (mother), port (to carry), ject (to throw), jud (to judge), aud (to hear), bene (good), dict (to say), scrib/script (to write), and mit (to send). Students must demonstrate both recognition of root meanings and application skills by connecting these roots to familiar English words like aquarium, portable, paternity, and spectacular. The quiz progresses from basic root identification to more complex application questions where students analyze how root meanings contribute to word definitions in context, requiring them to understand morphology and etymology as tools for vocabulary expansion. Created by Lisa Moore, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 7 and 8. This quiz serves as an excellent instructional tool for building students' vocabulary through morphological awareness and can be effectively used as a formative assessment, homework assignment, or review activity before summative evaluations. Teachers can implement this quiz during vocabulary units, as a warm-up activity to reinforce previously taught roots, or as independent practice to help students internalize these foundational word elements. The systematic approach to Latin roots directly supports students' ability to decode unfamiliar words and enhances their reading comprehension across all subject areas. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards L.7.4b and L.8.4b, which require students to use common Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of words, developing essential word analysis skills that transfer to academic vocabulary in all disciplines.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The word aquarium contains the root AQUA which means
to hear
one hundred
water
bad
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
2 mins • 1 pt
The root spect means
to say
to look
to carry
to write
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4B
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.4B
CCSS.L.7.4B
CCSS.L.8.4B
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following latin roots means to see (CHOOSE 2)
port
dict
vis
vid
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4B
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.4B
CCSS.L.7.4B
CCSS.L.8.4B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following latin roots means one hundred?
cent
mit
port
bene
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4B
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.4B
CCSS.L.7.4B
CCSS.L.8.4B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following latin roots means bad?
bene
pater
mater
mal
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
30 sec • 1 pt
The word paternity contains which of the following latin roots that means father?
mater
pater
spect
mit
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
30 sec • 1 pt
The latin root mater means
mother
father
to look
to make
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4B
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.4B
CCSS.L.7.4B
CCSS.L.8.4B
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