Latin and Greek Root Words

Directions: Find the words with the same meaning as the underlined word.

Speak into the microphone clearly.

• a tool for making phone calls

• an instrument that produces light

• a device for making sound louder

• a machine for making copies

Directions: Find the words with the same meaning as the underlined word.

I can't believe you got her autograph.

• a book

• a signature

• a pen

• a car

Directions: Find the words with the same meaning as the underlined word.

Thomas Edison invented the earl phonograph.

• a machine for sending messages

• a machine for recording earthquakes

• a machine for making movies

• a machine for recording and playing sounds

Directions: Find the words with the same meaning as the underlined word.

I just finished reading the biography of John Lennon.

• a story of someone's life

• a story of someone's birth

• a story of someone's crimes

• a story of someone's secrets

Directions: Find the words with the same meaning as the underlined word.

I want to buy a frame for the photograph.

• a device for playing records

• science of life

• science of Earth

• a picture made using a camera

Directions: Find the words with the same meaning as the underlined word.

I am taking biology class next year.

• the study of Earth

• the study of life

• the study of stars

• the study of chemicals

Directions: Find the words with the same meaning as the underlined word.

That is a very portable device.

• able to be easily heard

• able to be easily seen

• able to be easily carried

• able to be easily touched