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Greek and Latin Root Word Practice

Authored by Donna Lee

English

6th - 8th Grade

15 Questions

CCSS covered

Used 25+ times

Greek and Latin Root Word Practice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the root word of centipede?

cent

ti

ped

de

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

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the Latin root word dict mean?

earth

hear

say

walk

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sarah wrote a biography of the famous writer Maya Angelou.

Which word in the sentence has a root word?

wrote

famous

biography

writer

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which root word means to write?

scrip/script

terr

phon

port

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 is a Greek word for water.

Reminder: This is Greek

aqua

terr

hydr

port

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

What two words mean one?

bi

di

oct

cent

tri

quad

uni

mono

Tags

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The doctor gave me a prescription.

What is the Latin root word and what does it mean?

script

to say

script

write

scrip

carry

script

sound

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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