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Root Words

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

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.

Which root word means "to see"?

a)

phon

b)

vis/vid

c)

aud

d)

graphy

4.

Which root word means "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 listen to a performance":

a)

audience

b)

vista

c)

audible

d)

cacophony

7.

The greek root "path" (ex: sympathy) 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.

The root word "ject" (ex: objection, projectile) means...

a)

feeling or suffering

b)

to throw

c)

break, burst

d)

measure

10.

Audible (root word: aud) means able to be...

a)

touched

b)

seen

c)

heard

d)

smelled

11.

Which Greek root means "star"?

a)

acro-

b)

anti-

c)

astro-

d)

bio-

12.

Which root word means "to build"?

a)

spec

b)

vent

c)

struct

d)

liter

13.

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

Example: jury, judicial

a)

to pull or draw

b)

to hear

c)

to believe

d)

relating to the law

14.

What does the root word "log or logue" mean?

Example: dialogue

a)

word

b)

light

c)

star

d)

to build