WorksheetsGREEK AND LATIN ROOTS:)
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Sophie's grandma asked her to go get her spectacles. The root word spec means...
a)
Water
b)
Look, see, watch
c)
Love
d)
Maganize
2.
The root word phobia means...
a)
hear
b)
earth
c)
fear
d)
write
3.
chronological, chronic both have the root word chron, what does this word mean?
a)
meat
b)
skin
c)
life
d)
time
4.
Sally had to put the thermometer to _________ her temperature.
a)
heat
b)
record
c)
measure
d)
graph
5.
I bought a new telescope, so I can look at the stars. What does tele mean?
a)
phone
b)
far away
c)
talk
d)
close
6.
What is the root word that means sound?
a)
tele
b)
phil
c)
phon
d)
sens
7.
What is the root that means star?
a)
ast
b)
tele
c)
mis
d)
bio
8.
What does manicure mean?
a)
A man with a cure.
b)
A cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails.
c)
A cure for handless people.
d)
a special kind of handshake.
9.
What does manicure mean?
a)
A man with a cure.
b)
A cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails.
c)
A cure for handless people.
d)
a special kind of handshake.
10.
What does bio mean?
a)
earth
b)
muscles
c)
life
d)
death
11.
If I am writing a story about my life, what am I writing?
a)
autobiography
b)
biography
c)
geography
d)
automobile
12.
This root word means to carry.
a)
vis
b)
mis
c)
gen
d)
port
13.
My daughter, Elizabeth, is so sensitive. What does the greek root sens mean?
a)
far away
b)
feel
c)
love
d)
life
14.
It would benefit you to be nice to each other. What does bene mean?
a)
bad
b)
between
c)
good
15.
What is the root word that means "give birth"?
a)
auto
b)
bio
c)
geo
d)
gen
16.
In the word, philanthropy, what does the root word phil mean?
a)
giant bug
b)
love
c)
sweet
d)
people
17.
What does vac mean?
a)
full
b)
empty
c)
complete
d)
loud
18.
A CD player that you can carry around with you is called this.
a)
portfolio
b)
portable
c)
transport
d)
portage
19.
If a country does not have a particular item, they may do this to get the item into their country.
a)
export
b)
report
c)
support
d)
import
20.
inter
a)
below, beneath
b)
before, in front of
c)
between, among
d)
again, back
21.
When you ask for someone's autograph, you want them to sign something. The root "graph" means ......
a)
to play
b)
to see
c)
to hear
d)
to write
22.
feeling, disease
a)
gen
b)
onym
c)
path
d)
poly
23.
Sally had to put the thermometer to _________ her temperature.
a)
heat
b)
record
c)
measure
d)
graph
24.
The Latin root word jur means to
a)
jog
b)
judge
c)
create
d)
cause
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