Free Printable Greek and Latin Roots and Prefixes

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Greek and Latin Roots and Prefixes

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name

Class

Date

1.

Define the Root Word "MULTI"

a)

thrown

b)

two

c)

life

d)

many

2.

nym/nom

a)

same

b)

name

c)

together

d)

burst or break

3.

port

a)

to look

b)

death

c)

carry

d)

against or opposite

4.

mort

a)

to look

b)

death

c)

carry

d)

against or opposite

5.

spect

a)

to look

b)

death

c)

carry

d)

against or opposite

6.

Which root means "water"

a)

hypo

b)

hydro

c)

aqua

d)

aqua and hydro

7.

Which root means "life"?

a)

geo

b)

chlor

c)

man

d)

bio

8.

Which root means "light"?

a)

tele

b)

phon

c)

photo

d)

scope

9.

Which root means "self"?

a)

auto

b)

man

c)

vor

d)

bio

10.

Which root means "beneath, below or less than normal"?

a)

tele

b)

astro

c)

hydro

d)

hypo

11.

phil means . . .

a)

shape

b)

earth

c)

love

d)

star

12.

morph means . . .

a)

shape

b)

earth

c)

love

d)

star

13.

graph means . . .

a)

heat

b)

light

c)

circle

d)

write

14.

Which root means "break, burst"?

a)

pos

b)

photo

c)

rupt

15.

Which root means "say"?

a)

dict

b)

cycl

c)

logy

16.

Which root means to hear?

a)

act

b)

dict

c)

aud

d)

cede

17.

tele means

a)

close

b)

far

c)

under

d)

above

18.

meter

a)

measure

b)

divide

c)

multiply

d)

look

19.

fract

a)

break

b)

write

c)

water

d)

throw

20.

ject

a)

throw

b)

measure

c)

send

d)

name

21.

mit

a)

light

b)

send

c)

name

d)

fear

22.

phobia

a)

name

b)

light

c)

carry

d)

fear

23.

scrib

a)

write

b)

look

c)

build

d)

self

24.

What does "ambi" mean?

a)

before

b)

both sides

c)

opposite

d)

water

25.

What does "bene" mean?

a)

self or same

b)

book

c)

before

d)

good or well

26.

What does "circum" mean?

a)

book

b)

to go or move

c)

around or about

d)

self or same

27.

The Latin root DUCT means

a)

see

b)

lead

c)

build or form

d)

pull

28.

What does the prefix "re" mean?

a)

not

b)

wrong

c)

again; back

d)

before

29.

What does the prefix "un" mean?

a)

not

b)

again; back

c)

wrong

d)

before

30.

What does the prefix "dis" mean?

a)

again; back

b)

wrong

c)

before

d)

not; opposite of

31.

What does the prefix "mis" mean?

a)

before

b)

wrong

c)

not

d)

again; back

32.

What does the prefix "pre" mean?

a)

before

b)

wrong

c)

not

d)

again; back

33.

MAL-

What does this prefix mean?

a)

again

b)

bad

c)

self

d)

between

34.

IN-

What does this prefix mean?

a)

against; opposite

b)

in, within, not

c)

bad

d)

not

35.

SUB-

What does this prefix mean?

a)

across, through, beyond

b)

below or underneath

c)

between; among

d)

self

36.

INTER-

What does this prefix mean?

a)

between; among

b)

self

c)

not

d)

again

37.

NON-

What does this prefix mean?

a)

below

b)

underneath

c)

self

d)

not

38.

TRANS-

What does this prefix mean?

a)

opposite; against

b)

across; beyond; through

c)

between; among

d)

not

39.

Which one of these prefixes does NOT mean "not?"

a)

il

b)

un

c)

sub

d)

im

40.

half

a)

over-

b)

non-

c)

auto-

d)

semi-

41.

super-

a)

self

b)

above, beyond

c)

half

d)

middle

42.

med-/mid-

a)

middle

b)

many

c)

across

d)

down, opposite of root word

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