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Root Words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What root word means "to speak"?

a)

act

b)

dic, dict

c)

dur

d)

fac, fact

2.

Which root word means to throw?

a)

vert

b)

ject

c)

cred

d)

mit

3.
root word meaning to see
a)
phon
b)
vis/vid
c)
aud
d)
graphy
4.
Root word meaning to hear or listen
a)
phon
b)
vis/vid
c)
aud
d)
graphy
5.

When I read a story I like to _________________ what the characters look like.

a)

visualize

b)

visionary

c)

audience

d)

vista

6.
a noun meaning a group of people who have listen to a performance
a)
audience
b)
vista
c)
audible
d)
cacophony
7.

The greek root PATH means?

a)

talking & singing

b)

sleeping & breathing

c)

feeling & suffering

d)

digging & planting

8.

PATHOLOGY is the study of ________________.

a)

Happiness

b)

Ideas

c)

Minerals

d)

Disease

9.

Inject, objection, and project come from the root "ject" which means

a)

feeling, suffering

b)

to throw

c)

break, burst

d)

measure

10.

If something is audible, it is able to be...

a)

touched

b)

seen

c)

heard

d)

smelled

11.

Which Greek root means star?

a)

acro-

b)

anti-

c)

astro-

d)

auto-

e)

bio-

12.

Which word means a star sailor?

a)

acrobat

b)

astronaut

c)

automobile

d)

biographer

e)

antibacterial

13.

Which of the following latin roots means to see (CHOOSE 2)

a)

port

b)

dict

c)

vis

d)

vid

14.

Which of the following latin roots means to send?

a)

ject

b)

port

c)

aud

d)

mit

15.

If a lamp emits light, that means it _____ light.

a)

sends out

b)

throws

c)

hears

d)

sees

16.

This root means "build" or "make up".

a)

spec

b)

vent

c)

struct

d)

liter

17.

What does the Greek root "jur/jud" mean?

a)

to pull or draw

b)

to hear

c)

believe

d)

law

18.

Find the SYNONYM for monologue

a)

speech

b)

dialogue

c)

chat

d)

boring

19.

Which root word means word?

a)

ject

b)

vid, vis

c)

jur

d)

log, logue

20.

It is a group of letters placed before the root word.

a)

prefix

b)

suffix