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Unit 5: Express Yourself!

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This root word means "say, declare", and is Latin in origin.

a)

dict

b)

circ/circum

c)

sci

d)

graph/gram

2.

An official order given by a person with power or by a government.

a)

dictate

b)

edict

c)

prescription

d)

autobiography

3.

Words that are written on or cut into a surface.

a)

contradict

b)

calligraphy

c)

inscription

d)

graphic

4.

This root word means "write" and is Latin in origin.

a)

graph/gram

b)

hydr

c)

cycle

d)

scrib/script

5.

A person's life story written by that person.

a)

autobiography

b)

memoir

c)

graphic

d)

hydrant

6.

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

a)

circumference

b)

transcript

c)

cyclone

d)

dictate

7.

This root word means "write, draw, describe, record" and is Greek in origin.

a)

vis/vid

b)

dict

c)

graph/gram

d)

phon

8.

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

a)

calligrapgy

b)

contradict

c)

graphic

d)

telegram

9.

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

a)

prescription

b)

edict

c)

transcript

d)

autobiography

10.

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

a)

telegram

b)

dictate

c)

inscription

d)

transcript

11.

The art of making beautiful handwriting.

a)

inscription

b)

graphic

c)

calligraphy

d)

telegram

12.

Complete the sentence with the correct word: The jeweler etched a beautiful _______________ inside the couple's wedding bands.

a)

edict

b)

graphic

c)

telegram

d)

inscription

13.

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

a)

contradict

b)

prescription

c)

transcript

d)

dictate

14.

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

a)

contradict

b)

graphic

c)

inscription

d)

autobiography

15.

Complete the sentence with the correct word: The government issued an ____________________ banning public protests and demonstrations.

a)

telegram

b)

prescription

c)

edict

d)

transcript