WorksheetsYear B Root Words-Root Word In-Sentence Matching
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Patrimony is money or an estate received from your ________.
a)
father
b)
mother
c)
chief
d)
hand
2.
Jetsam are floating objects, ________ from the ship.
a)
run
b)
thrown
c)
born
d)
written
3.
Hydrophobia is a fear of _______.
a)
time
b)
feet
c)
water
d)
father
4.
Anarchy is when the government has no official _________.
a)
time
b)
sound
c)
feet
d)
chief/ruler
5.
A chronometer is a device that shows the ____________.
a)
sound
b)
writing
c)
time
d)
water
6.
In cursive the letters ___________together.
a)
run
b)
born
c)
written
d)
sound
7.
Your archenemy is your ________ enemy.
a)
first
b)
chief
c)
together
d)
near
8.
If a teacher gives a cursory glance at your paper, this means her eyes ___________ across the page quickly.
a)
first
b)
run
c)
chief
d)
same
9.
Phonetics is the study of the _________ of words.
a)
sound
b)
writing
c)
spelling
d)
time
10.
Trigonometry is the mathematical study of figure with ________ angles.
a)
5
b)
4
c)
3
d)
10
11.
He had to give an extemporaneous speech and he worried because he didn’t have __________ to prepare.
a)
writing
b)
notes
c)
sound
d)
time
12.
The word periorbital refers to the tissues surrounding or lining the ___________ orbit of the eye.
a)
first
b)
same
c)
together
d)
round
13.
A person who contradicts someone denies the truth or ___________ against
a)
speaks
b)
runs
c)
writes
d)
throw
14.
A centipede is an insect with about ___________ (2 roots).
a)
100 feet
b)
10 feet
c)
2 hands
d)
6 hands
15.
A trilemma is a choice you have to make among ________ equally viable options.
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
16.
When someone says he enjoyed seeing the beautiful foliage, he is referring to __________.
a)
hands
b)
mothers
c)
leaves
d)
sounds
17.
Cyclostomes mainly consist of aquatic animals like lampreys, hagfish, and leeches with __________ mouths.
a)
big
b)
three
c)
running
d)
round
18.
Foliaceous describes something as having the texture or nature of a __________.
a)
folder
b)
circle
c)
leaf
d)
chief
19.
Synthesis means a placing ____________ of separate elements into a unified whole.
a)
first
b)
together
c)
round
d)
outside
20.
A person described as genteel is elegant, graceful and _________ to the upper class.
a)
running
b)
thrown
c)
same
d)
born
21.
A percentile is a ranking based upon ___________ people.
a)
10
b)
10,000
c)
100
d)
1,000
22.
The genesis, or ___________ of the jet airplane came after the invention of the turbojet engine.
a)
together
b)
birth
c)
sound
d)
writing
23.
If you ___________ a biography, you produce a book about another person.
a)
write
b)
read
c)
sound
d)
speak
24.
A quadraphonic system uses how many channels to record and reproduce sound?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
10
25.
An aqueduct is a pipe or channel that carries _________ from a higher part of the city to a lower part.
a)
sound
b)
time
c)
water
d)
leaves
26.
A projectile is something a person might __________.
a)
speak
b)
write
c)
sound
d)
throw
27.
A person who does manual labor works with his ____________.
a)
hands
b)
feet
c)
mother
d)
father
28.
Matricide is the killing of a ____________.
a)
mattress
b)
mother
c)
father
d)
chief/ruler
29.
In early Rome a patrician was a person of high birth, as of descending from founding _____________.
a)
Patricia
b)
birth
c)
fathers
d)
mothers
30.
A decathlon is an athletic competition with how many events?
a)
1
b)
100
c)
1,000
d)
10
31.
A primrose is rose that blooms _________ in spring.
a)
first
b)
birth
c)
the same
d)
together
32.
A symphony is a group of musicians working ____________ to make beautiful ___________.
a)
together, writing
b)
together, sounds
c)
first, writing
d)
first, sounds
33.
Primogeniture is a rule that states the _____________ son of a king gets to be the next king. (2 roots)
a)
first-written
b)
same-born
c)
first-born
d)
same-written
34.
At graduation the valedictorian ___________ for the whole class at the ceremony.
a)
writes
b)
runs
c)
throws
d)
speaks
35.
A long time ago a primer was a child’s _________ reader.
a)
written
b)
beside
c)
round
d)
first
36.
A cyclotron is an instrument used by physicists that accelerates particles in a ____________.
a)
circle
b)
time
c)
sound
d)
water
37.
Euphonious refers to a __________ that people enjoy.
a)
song
b)
sound
c)
teacher
d)
writing
38.
Calligraphy is the art of _________ beautifully.
a)
sounding
b)
running
c)
writing
d)
speaking
39.
A megaphone is a device that makes a very big __________ when you speak into it.
a)
foot
b)
hand
c)
time
d)
sound
40.
A biped is one who walks on ____________. (2 roots)
a)
four feet
b)
two feet
c)
four hands
d)
two hands
41.
Foliation refers to the process of forming into a ___________.
a)
mother
b)
father
c)
leaf
d)
water
42.
To manipulate machinery, a worker must use his __________.
a)
hands
b)
feet
c)
father
d)
mother
43.
Someone’s “alma mater,” also known as “fostering _________," is a place where someone was educated.
a)
father
b)
mother
c)
building
d)
place
44.
Protozoa were among the ___________ animals to live on earth.
a)
last
b)
only
c)
first
d)
chief
45.
Syntax is an arranging ___________ of words in a sentence to make it meaningful.
a)
sounds
b)
writing
c)
throwing
d)
together
46.
A synapse allows two nerves to join __________.
a)
together
b)
round
c)
birth
d)
feet
47.
A pentathlon is an athletic competition with how many events?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
10
d)
100
48.
A superhero’s arch-rival is the _________ rival, or competitor.
a)
running
b)
born
c)
chief
d)
same
49.
A paradental cyst occurs _______ a tooth.
a)
inside
b)
with
c)
outside
d)
near
50.
A paralegal is an aide who works _________ a lawyer.
a)
together
b)
speaking
c)
beside
d)
writing
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