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Greek & Latin Roots: GRAPH; SCRIB

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
writing about a person's life written by that person
a)
autobiography
b)
cartography
c)
biography
d)
autograph
2.
the writing of one's own name
a)
autograph
b)
bibliography
c)
autobiography
d)
paragraph
3.
the written list of all the books used in a report or book
a)
bibliography
b)
homograph
c)
photography
d)
phonograph
4.
a book written about a person's life
a)
biography
b)
autograph
c)
autobiography
d)
paragraph
5.
mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts
a)
cartography
b)
paragraph
c)
autograph
d)
seismograph
6.
a word written the same way as another word, but having a different meaning
a)
homograph
b)
cartography
c)
phonograph
d)
autograph
7.
a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence
a)
paragraph
b)
homograph
c)
autograph
d)
biography
8.
a record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound
a)
phonograph
b)
autograph
c)
photography
d)
sesmograph
9.
the use of light to record an image using a camera
a)
photography
b)
paragraph
c)
cartography
d)
seismograph
10.
a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth
a)
seismograph
b)
homograph
c)
cartography
d)
biography
11.
to say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing 
a)
describe
b)
inscription
c)
manuscript
d)
script
12.
a short dedication written in a book or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument
a)
inscription
b)
scribe
c)
describe
d)
scribble
13.
a piece of writing; a book
a)
manuscript
b)
subscription
c)
scribble
d)
transcribe
14.
P.S. ; a short bit of writing added after a letter is finished
a)
postscript
b)
prescription
c)
describe
d)
script
15.
a piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine from a pharmacy
a)
prescription
b)
scribe
c)
script
d)
inscription
16.
sloppy writing that is hard to read
a)
scribble
b)
inscription
c)
postscript
d)
scribe
17.
a person who writes things down
a)
scribe
b)
describe
c)
transcribe
d)
script
18.
a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out
a)
script
b)
prescription
c)
postscript
d)
scribe
19.
a written agreement to buy and read a magazine or newspaper for a set period of time
a)
subscription
b)
scribble
c)
inscription
d)
transcribe
20.
to write down or record; to translate
a)
transcribe
b)
scribble
c)
script
d)
postscript