Greek and Latin Roots-Quiz 2

Which word means a word that is pronounced the same as another word but is different in meaning or spelling?

• homophone

• microphone

• phonics

• saxophone

• symphony

What does the root word phon mean?

• distance
• sound
• listen
• talk

What root means writing?

• Port

• Graph

• Miss/Mit

• Ped

What vocabulary word do the words read and read represent?

• Seismograph

• Homograph

• Honograph

• Phonograph

The suffix -ous (as in joyous, courageous) means..

• full of

• happy

• brave

What does the word humorous mean?

• full of humor

• without humor

• act of using humor

• a person who uses humor

con-

• back, again

• in, into; not

• out, away, from

• with, together

phon/phone

• to move

• before

• sound

• far

Vers/Vert means:

• to see

• to build

• to turn

• far away

The Latin roots "vers/vert" mean....

• time

• life

• turn

• build