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Greek and Latin Roots 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of the root PERI?

a)

about

b)

outside

c)

around

d)

life

2.

Which word means around the outside edge?

a)

periscope

b)

perimeter

c)

area

d)

biology

3.

Which word means a tool on a submarine to help people see above water?

a)

periscope

b)

perimeter

c)

audible

d)

signal

4.

What is the definition of the root SIGN?

a)

around

b)

life

c)

sign

d)

three

5.

Which word means to send information by action or sound?

a)

periscope

b)

tripod

c)

signal

d)

design

6.

Which word means an idea or drawing to make something new?

a)

design

b)

signal

c)

perimeter

d)

centennial

7.

What is the definition of the root CENT?

a)

around

b)

hundred

c)

life

d)

sign

8.

Which word means the hundred-year anniversary of an event?

a)

centennial

b)

centurion

c)

tripod

d)

signal

9.

What is the definition of the root TRI?

a)

four

b)

three

c)

two

d)

life

10.

Which word means a group of three things or people?

a)

triad

b)

triangle

c)

tripod

d)

quadrilateral

11.

Which word means a three-legged stand for a camera?

a)

triad

b)

triangle

c)

tripod

d)

quadrilateral

12.

What is the definition of the root BIO?

a)

atmosphere

b)

life

c)

around

d)

hundred

13.

Which word means a person's life story?

a)

biosphere

b)

biology

c)

biochemistry

d)

biography

14.

Which word means the Earth and the air around it where living things are?

a)

biography

b)

biosphere

c)

biochemistry

d)

perimeter

15.

What is the definition of the root UN?

a)

two

b)

around

c)

one

d)

life

16.

Which word is an imaginary horse-like animal with one horn?

a)

biology

b)

periscope

c)

union

d)

unicorn

17.

Which word means a group of organized works?

a)

unicorn

b)

union

c)

unable

d)

undo

18.

What is the definition of the root AUDI?

a)

to hear

b)

to listen

c)

to read

d)

to sing

19.

Which word means the ability to be heard?

a)

auditorium

b)

biography

c)

audible

d)

audience

20.

Which word means a large room for gatherings and performances?

a)

audible

b)

audio

c)

auditorium

d)

perimeter