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Root Words Units 1-4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Using your knowledge of the words maternal and maternity, what does the root word mater mean?

a)

birth

b)

mother

c)

know

d)

water

2.

Using your knowledge of the words aquarium and aquamarine, what does the root word aqua mean?

a)

fish

b)

see or look

c)

mother

d)

water

3.

Using your knowledge of the words generation and generate, what does the root word gen mean?

a)

birth

b)

life

c)

mother

d)

see or look

4.

Using your knowledge of the words biology and biography, what does the root word bio mean?

a)

self

b)

study of

c)

life

d)

born

5.

Using your knowledge of the words spectator and spectacle, what does the root word spec mean?

a)

see or look

b)

glasses

c)

mark

d)

place

6.

Using your knowledge of the words location and dislocate, what does the root word loc mean?

a)

mark

b)

place

c)

shoulder

d)

foot

7.

Using your knowledge of the words signature and signal, what does the root word sign mean?

a)

know

b)

self

c)

place

d)

mark

8.

Using your knowledge of the words native and nationality, what does the root word nat mean?

a)

mother

b)

born

c)

place

d)

hear

9.

Using your knowledge of the words recognize and incognito, what does the root word cogn mean?

a)

heat

b)

know

c)

build

d)

mother

10.

Using your knowledge of the words pedals and pedicure, what does the root word ped mean?

a)

foot

b)

bicycle

c)

hand

d)

mark

11.

Using your knowledge of the words television and vision, what does the root word vis mean?

a)

across

b)

build

c)

heat

d)

see

12.

Using your knowledge of the words thermometer and thermos, what does the root word therm mean?

a)

hear

b)

vision

c)

heat

d)

weather

13.

Using your knowledge of the words structure and construction, what does the root word struct mean?

a)

build

b)

heat

c)

know

d)

see

14.

Using your knowledge of the words audio and audible, what does the root word aud mean?

a)

light

b)

heat

c)

hear

d)

see

15.

Using your knowledge of the words photograph and photocopy, what does the root word photo mean?

a)

light

b)

heat

c)

picture

d)

camera

16.

Using your knowledge of the words bicycle and cyclone, what does the root word cycl mean?

a)

recall

b)

action

c)

two

d)

circle

17.

Using your knowledge of the words activity and action, what does the root word act mean?

a)

foot

b)

to do

c)

circle

d)

hand

18.

Using your knowledge of the words remember and memory, what does the root word mem mean?

a)

understand

b)

touch

c)

recall

d)

know

19.

Using your knowledge of the words contact and tactile, what does the root word tact mean?

a)

touch

b)

see

c)

hear

d)

hand

20.

Using your knowledge of the words graphic and autograph, what does the root word graph mean?

a)

hand

b)

do

c)

touch

d)

write