Question Bank for Grade 5 World Languages

In the words "pathology" and "psychopath", what does the Greek root "path" mean?

• suffering, sickness, disease

• one who studies

• people

• watch, see

What does the Greek root "penta" mean?

• five

• one

• two

• one hundred

What does the Greek root "phobia" mean?

• fear

• sound

• small

• fire

If someone has hydrophobia, which one of these would be true?

• They are afraid of water

• They are afraid of fire

• They love water

• They love fire

In the words "microphone" and "telephone", what does the Greek root "phon" mean?

• sound

• light

• half

• angle

What does the Greek root "photo" mean?

• light

• sound

• machine

• measure of

In the words "physical" and "physiology", what does the Greek root "phys" mean?

• nature, body, natural science

• bad, badly, wrong, wrongly

• time

• sound

What do the Greek roots "pod, ped" mean?

Examples: podiatrist, pedal, tripod

• foot

• light

• sound

• people

What does the Greek root "poly" mean?

• many

• all

• small

• big

Which Greek root means "many"?

• poly

• mon, mono

• pan

• kilo