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Root Word #10- scrib, script= write

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means to say or write down how something or someone looks?

a)

subscription

b)

prescription

c)

describe

d)

script

2.

Sometimes meaning is lost when a story is ______ from one format to another.

a)

inscribed

b)

transcribed

c)

scripted

d)

inscription

3.

Which word is a short dedication written in a book or engraved on something?

a)

describe

b)

scribble

c)

postscript

d)

inscription

4.

My magazine didn’t come this month because I forgot to pay my _____ .

a)

description

b)

scribble

c)

subscription

d)

transcription

5.

Which word is a piece of writing, a book before it is published?

a)

postscript

b)

manuscript

c)

transcribe

d)

subscription

6.

William Shakespeare's _____, Midsummer Night’s Dream, was probably written between 1590 and 1596.

a)

script

b)

subscription

c)

inscription

d)

scribe

7.

Which word is a short bit of writing added after a letter is finished?

a)

postscript

b)

subscription

c)

description

d)

scribe

8.

In ancient times, ______ were the only people who knew how to read and write.

a)

postscripts

b)

manuscripts

c)

scribes

d)

subscriptions

9.

Which word is a piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy?

a)

manuscript

b)

scribble

c)

scribe

d)

prescription

10.

The baby grabbed a crayon and ______ all over the table.

a)

scribe

b)

scribbled

c)

transcribed

d)

described

11.

What is sloppy writing that is difficult to read?

a)

manuscript

b)

scribble

c)

scribe

d)

script

12.

The ______ was expensive, but it effectively cured her illness.

a)

description

b)

scribe

c)

inscription

d)

prescription

13.

Which word is a person who writes things down?

a)

transcribe

b)

prescribe

c)

scribe

d)

postscript

14.

The _____ on the ancient vase was a poem.

a)

description

b)

script

c)

manuscript

d)

inscription

15.

Which word is a set of papers with writing that will be acted out?

a)

subscription

b)

inscription

c)

manuscript

d)

script

16.

I would ________ my best friend as kind and courageous.

a)

prescribe

b)

scribe

c)

describe

d)

transcribe

17.

Which word is a written agreement to buy a magazine or a newspaper for a set period of time?

a)

manuscript

b)

script

c)

subscription

d)

transcribe

18.

JK Rowling’s Harry Potter _____ was rejected twelve times before being published.

a)

transcription

b)

manuscript

c)

subscription

d)

prescription

19.

Which word means to write down, record, or translate

a)

scribble

b)

transcribe

c)

script

d)

scribe

20.

I added several _____ to the end of my letter.

a)

manuscripts

b)

prescriptions

c)

postscripts

d)

inscriptions