WorksheetsUNIT 7 GR6 ROOTS AND AFFIXES
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The root metr/meter means...
run
listen
measure
music
The distance through the center of a circle or sphere from one side to the other.
symmetry
optometry
perimeter
diameter
The profession of examining people's eyes to find out if they need glasses or medical treatment.
optometry
barometer
perimeter
diameter
To examine a problem with the aim of coming to a “thorough” “knowledge, understanding” of it.
diameter
diagnose
dialect
dialogue
A sketch or “drawing” of lines “across” a page; (verb) to “draw” a sketch or line figure
diagram
dialogue
diagonal
dialect
Fiendish, evil, wicked; literally, pertaining to the Devil as one who “throws” evil “across” an area
diagnose
diachronic
diabolical
diagram
What does the prefix circ- or circum- mean?
round or around
before
under
again
What does the word circulation mean?
to go around in a system
to go before
to go again
to go in the wrong way
When you go on a trip, you may do this.
circumspect
circumnavigate
make a circuit
circumvent
If someone is wearing a circular band of flowers on her head, what might it be called?
circumference
circlet
circumflex
circumvent
If you sail around the world in 80 days, you have _______the glove.
circumvented
circumnavigated
circumflexed
circumrotated
What can you do to almost any bad situation by thinking before you do something?
circumnavigate
circumvent
circumflex
circuit
ven, vent
to come
to believe
to speak
re-
back
between or among
not, as in wrong
mis-
back
between or among
not, as in wrong
un-
before
not
out
My friend is very _________. She likes to explore new places and try new things.
circumvent
preventive
convenient
adventurous
I went to a ____________ for teachers. People came from all over the state to learn new ways to teach and study new research.
convent
invention
convention
prevent
Halloween is a big _____ for my family. We all dress up and walk around the neighborhood together.
convent
unconventional
intervene
event
Taking vitamins each day is an example of ______ medicine.
invention
preventive
prevention
advent
The prefix fore means
between
before
under
after
The company was trying to stay in the ______________ of their industry by replacing all of their old and obsolete equipment.00
forewarn
foreman
forecast
forefront
A day later the ______________ had turned ominous - heavy rains all weekend and flooding in the metro area.
forecast
forewarn
foretell
foreman
Prefixes are
letters which we add to the end of a word to make a new word with a different meaning
letters which we add to the middle of a word to make a new word with a different meaning
letters which we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning
