Etymology Test #1

Choose the best definition for the word "etymology"

• words

• origins of words

• the study of the origins of words

• suffixes add meaning to words

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

We have a test today and I am ___________.

• incomprehensible

• unprepared

• ineligible

• unwanted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Where did English come from? Choose all that apply.

• Conquest of other nations

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Cultural trends and fashions

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the birthplace of most English words? Choose all that apply

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Ireland

• The Celts

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What nation had the first written language in the western world?

• Rome

• France

• U.S.A.

• Greece

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

This Greek word means "star"

• Star

• Giant

• Astro

• Sun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What language was spoken in Ancient Rome?

• Roman

• Latin

• Greek

• English

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The Romans conqered

• just Greece

• Athens

• Most of Europe

• Latin America

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

The Latin word "stratum" eventually became the English word ______

• Stratusphere

• Car

• Street

• Hiking

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

We get the word for a truly toxic boyfriend or girlfriend from the Greek story of

• Narcissus

• Athena

• Zeuss

• Artemis

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4