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Root Words (1st Half)

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
uni means:
a)
one
b)
everything
c)
nothing
d)
ten
2.

Q1: The word root "mono" means

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

3.
Which root means "alone, only, one"?
a)
duce, duc
b)
im, in
c)
sol, mon(o)
d)
pos, pon
4.

The word root "bi" means

a)

five

b)

four

c)

three

d)

two

e)

one

5.
Define the Root Word "TRI"
a)
three
b)
bike
c)
one
d)
bad, evil
6.
quad means:
a)
four
b)
ten
c)
two
d)
one
7.

What does "pent" mean?

a)

five

b)

ten

c)

hundred

d)

one

8.

Which word uses a root that means "five?"

a)

pentagon

b)

hexagon

c)

section

d)

plural

9.

The word root "semi" means

a)

whole

b)

half

c)

twice

d)

many parts

e)

one

10.
The word root "cent" means
a)
one hundred
b)
one-hundredth
c)
one-thousand
d)
one-thousandth
e)
tenth
11.
What does Kilo- mean?
a)
water
b)
thousand
c)
below
d)
fake
12.

Which two root words mean "many"?

a)

multi

b)

poly

c)

mono

d)

uni

13.

What is the meaning of the root poly?

a)

study/reason

b)

feeling/disease

c)

one

d)

many

14.
Define the Root Word "MULTI"
a)
thrown
b)
two
c)
life
d)
many
15.

The Greek root that means "to measure"

a)

graph

b)

bio

c)

measure

d)

meter

16.
Gon means
a)
angle
b)
life
c)
time 
d)
earth
17.
A word with the opposite meaning
a)
antonym
b)
antibacterial
c)
counterfeit
18.
The antiwar protesters blocked the street. The prefix in this word means:
a)
above or over
b)
against
c)
with, together
19.

Choose the correct meaning for the root word bene ?

a)

to send

b)

hand

c)

well

d)

empty

20.

The roots contra and counter mean

a)

against or contrast

b)

over and above the head

c)

beside and among

d)

under and below

21.

contro, contra

a)

speech, word

b)

around

c)

against

d)

turn

22.

What does the root MAL/MAL mean?

a)

bad; abnormal; worse

b)

good; well

c)

law; justice

23.

Knowing the meaning of the prefix MIS- helps you know that MISDIRECT means:

a)

to direct wrongly

b)

the most direct

c)

someone who directs

d)

to direct before

24.
Which root means middle?
a)
id
b)
meter
c)
min
d)
medi
25.
Magn/a means...
a)
magazine
b)
great
c)
carta
d)
magnet
26.
Mega means
a)
sound
b)
large
c)
time
d)
self
27.

hyper means _______________

a)

happy

b)

mad

c)

enough

d)

more

28.

The greek prefix that means "small"

a)

micro

b)

bio

c)

geo

d)

tinio

29.
min means:
a)
least
b)
most
c)
time
d)
hour
30.
meaning of the root "omni"
a)
all
b)
none
c)
sun
d)
together/with
31.
Which root means "light"? 
a)
auto
b)
bio
c)
tele
d)
photo
32.

Lumin

a)

star

b)

shine

c)

light

d)

bright

33.

What is the meaning of AUD?

a)

To see

b)

To speak

c)

To hear

d)

To touch

34.

What does the root "phon" mean?

a)

sound

b)

to listen

c)

cut

d)

friend

35.
root word meaning to see
a)
phon
b)
vis/vid
c)
aud
d)
graphy
36.

SCOPE

a)

to look

b)

to see

c)

to study

d)

to find

37.

The root spec, spect means

a)

to watch, to look

b)

to bring, to take

c)

in, into

d)

to put, to place