Greek and Latin Root Word Practice
Authored by Donna Lee
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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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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