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Greek and Latin Roots - List Two

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word part means books?

a)

bio

b)

bene

c)

biblio

d)

ast

2.

A biography is a written story about someone's ________. Bio means ______.

a)

death

b)

life

c)

children

d)

home

3.

Cap means...

a)

hat

b)

heart

c)

head

d)

hear

4.

Which word part means life?

a)

ast

b)

bene

c)

bio

d)

ment

5.

Cent means...

a)

penny

b)

to make go away

c)

one hundred

d)

smells good

6.

Chrom

a)

color

b)

colorless

c)

plain

d)

shiny

7.

If I want my taco with cheese sauce, I can order a taco _____ queso. _______ means with.

a)

con

b)

cap

c)

chrom

d)

cosm

8.

Cosm means...

a)

reason

b)

star

c)

universe, world

d)

cheese

9.

Which word part means mind?

a)

bene

b)

arist

c)

chron

d)

ment

10.

Chronological means ordered or sequenced by ______, Chron means ______.

a)

time

b)

shape

c)

color

d)

size

11.

Percent means per ____________________.

a)

season

b)

one hundred

c)

one thousand

d)

penny

12.

Some people say brain teasers are like mental exercises because they make you exercise your ______.

a)

heart

b)

feet

c)

mind

d)

hands

13.

Civics is the study of the privileges and obligations of ________. Civ means _______.

a)

citizens

b)

rules

c)

visitors

d)

government

14.

When you are asked to put events on a timeline, you are putting them in ____________________ order.

a)

opposite

b)

upside-down

c)

favorite

d)

chronological

15.

A bibliography is a written list of ______ used to research a topic. Biblio means ___________.

a)

books

b)

libraries

c)

teachers

d)

friends

16.

"First," "next," and "finally" are words an author might use if he or she were writing something in time order or ______ological order.

a)

bi

b)

chron

c)

cosm

d)

ment

17.

This paint strip shows variations of one color. It is mono_____atic. Which word part means color?

a)

cent

b)

con

c)

chrom

d)

cosm

18.

Con means...

a)

under, beneath

b)

hard, difficult

c)

with, together

d)

over, atop

19.

The captain of the team is the leader or ____ of the team.

a)

head

b)

bottom

c)

loser

d)

youngest

20.

When you study the origin of a word, you study its ____________.

a)

biology

b)

geology

c)

etymology

d)

psychology