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Express Yourself: Greek and Latin Roots

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which root means to speak?

a)

duct

b)

liber

c)

mob

d)

dict

2.

to write

a)

therm

b)

graph

c)

auto

d)

bio

3.

to say

a)

astro

b)

logy

c)

mort

d)

dict

4.
Many students in our class enjoy graphic novels. The root word graph means?
a)
comics
b)
write/draw
c)
measure
d)
earth
5.
If I am writing a story about my life, what am I writing?
a)
autobiography
b)
biography
c)
geography
d)
automobile
6.
True or False?
say = dict
a)
True 
b)
False
7.
to speak against; to say the opposite
a)
contradict
b)
dictation
c)
diction
d)
predict
8.
what is written down as someone says it
a)
dictionary
b)
dictation
c)
dictum
d)
edict
9.
a leader who speaks and rules with total power
a)
indictment
b)
edict
c)
dictator
d)
verdict
10.
a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined
a)
dictionary
b)
indictment
c)
predict
d)
verdict
11.
to say what will happen before  it occurs
a)
predict
b)
edict
c)
verdict 
d)
dictum
12.

dictate

a)

to say the opposite of something that someone else has said; to deny the truth

b)

to speak or read something to a person who writes it down; to decree

c)

an official order given by a person with power or by a government

d)

a person’s life story written by that person

13.

contradict

a)

to say the opposite of something that someone else has said; to deny the truth

b)

to speak or read something to a person who writes it down; to decree

c)

an official order given by a person with power or by a government

d)

a person’s life story written by that person

14.

transcript

a)

the art of making beautiful handwriting

b)

a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form; sometimes referred to as a wire or cable

c)

a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken

d)

shown or described in a very clear way, used especially to refer to things that are unpleasant or shocking

15.

prescription

a)

the art of making beautiful handwriting

b)

a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form; sometimes referred to as a wire or cable

c)

a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken

d)

a written message from a doctor that officially tells a patient what medicine to take

16.
the writing of one's own name
a)
autograph
b)
bibliography
c)
autobiography
d)
paragraph
17.
the written list of all the books used in a report or book
a)
bibliography
b)
homograph
c)
photography
d)
phonograph
18.
a book written about a person's life
a)
biography
b)
autograph
c)
autobiography
d)
paragraph
19.
a word written the same way as another word, but having a different meaning
a)
homograph
b)
cartography
c)
phonograph
d)
autograph
20.
a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence
a)
paragraph
b)
homograph
c)
autograph
d)
biography
21.
the use of light to record an image using a camera
a)
photography
b)
paragraph
c)
cartography
d)
seismograph
22.

I stood in line for 2 hours at a reading conference to get Kate DiCamillo's ________________________________________________ in my copy of Because of Winn Dixie! Did you know I can't even read her writing?!

a)

homograph

b)

bibliography

c)

biography

d)

autograph

23.

My teacher took off 15 points from my essay because I misspelled three of the titles, nor did I capitalize 2 of my books in my _____________________________________________.

a)

bibilography

b)

cartography

c)

phonograph

d)

seismograph

24.

We were shocked to learn a small earthquake had happened in our region. We didn't feel any shaking, but the _____________________________________ indicated it was a 3.1 on the Richter Scale.

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

homograph

d)

seismograph

25.
to say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing 
a)
describe
b)
inscription
c)
manuscript
d)
script
26.
a piece of writing; a book
a)
manuscript
b)
subscription
c)
scribble
d)
transcribe
27.
P.S. ; a short bit of writing added after a letter is finished
a)
postscript
b)
prescription
c)
describe
d)
script
28.
sloppy writing that is hard to read
a)
scribble
b)
inscription
c)
postscript
d)
scribe
29.
a person who writes things down
a)
scribe
b)
describe
c)
transcribe
d)
script
30.
a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out
a)
script
b)
prescription
c)
postscript
d)
scribe
31.
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
32.
to write down or record; to translate
a)
transcribe
b)
scribble
c)
script
d)
postscript

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