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Roots and some Prefixes

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Latin root means "to see."

a)

vis

b)

scrib

c)

tract

d)

duct

2.

What is the meaning of the root word "port"?

a)

within

b)

carry

c)

write

d)

believe/trust

3.

What is the meaning of the root word "scrib/script"?

a)

within

b)

carry

c)

write

d)

believe/trust

4.

What does the word "biography" mean if "bio" means life ?

a)

A drawing of a living thing

b)

a book about a person's life

c)

a book that took a person their entire life to write

d)

a person's life as a drawing

5.

Which prefix means "across"?

a)

trans-

b)

ex-

c)

re-

d)

con-

6.

What Latin root means "to build"?

a)

bio

b)

scope

c)

struct

d)

rupt

7.

What prefix means "under"?

a)

pre

b)

sub

c)

pro

d)

un

8.

What Latin prefix means "down or away from"?

a)

de

b)

non

c)

co

d)

pre

9.

What Latin root means "to write"?

a)

script

b)

photo

c)

audi

d)

vis

10.

What prefix means "with or together"?

a)

re

b)

uni

c)

com

d)

anti

11.

What prefix means "back or again"?

a)

de-

b)

con-

c)

sub-

d)

re-

12.

What does the Latin root aud mean?

a)

to hear or listen

b)

to call

c)

to send

d)

to drag or pull

13.

What does the Latin root tract mean?

a)

to hear or listen

b)

to call

c)

to send

d)

to drag or pull

14.

Which Latin root means look?

a)

rect

b)

vac

c)

gene

d)

spect

15.

What does the Greek root "graph" mean?

a)

life

b)

go, move

c)

break

d)

write

16.

What does the Latin root "dic, dict" mean?

a)

to see

b)

to say, tell

c)

to write

d)

to carry

17.

What does "rupt" mean?

a)

know

b)

squish

c)

flatten

d)

burst, break

18.

What does the Latin root"duct" mean?

a)

to lead

b)

to light

c)

to carry

d)

to write

19.
This is what happened to the basketball player when he got his 6th foul.
a)
projectile
b)
ejected
c)
injected
d)
jettison
20.
A doctor gives these to his patients to help them feel better.
a)
rejections
b)
injections
c)
projectors
d)
interjections
21.
Danielle was so competitive that she always felt like this when her water polo team lost.
a)
jettison
b)
subjected
c)
rejected
d)
dejected
22.
At home, you are this to your parents' rules and expectations.
a)
rejected
b)
injected
c)
jettison
d)
subjected
23.

A person who carries bags for someone is this.

a)

porter

b)

dictator

c)

spectator

d)

instructor

24.

If you have lost all your money, you would be this.

a)

destructive

b)

bankrupt

c)

attractive

d)

portable

25.
Which of the following would be the best definition of the word "transport?"
a)
to carry out
b)
to carry in
c)
to carry above
d)
to carry across