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Root Words 3/12

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who plays music is known as a ...

a)

musicion

b)

musician

c)

mussician

2.

Adding 'ion' to a base word that ends in 't' usually

a)

-Does not change the spelling of the base word.

-May affect how the final 't' sounds.

b)

-Usually changes the spelling of the base word.

-Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.

c)

-Affects the spelling of the base word.

-Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.

3.

The correct word pair for the word adopt is...

a)

adoptian

b)

adoption

c)

adpotian

4.

A suffix is...

a)

a small group of letters that goes before a base word or a root.

b)

a small group of letters that goes after a base word or a root.

c)

an actual word that has meaning.

5.

The correct word pair for the word digest is...

a)

digestian

b)

digestion

c)

diggestion

6.

Identify the correct spelling.

a)

musician

b)

musishun

c)

musishion

d)

musishn

7.

Identify the correct spelling.

a)

confession

b)

confeshun

c)

confeshion

d)

confeshn

8.

What is the correct word ending of the following word: compete?

a)

competitan

b)

competition

c)

competision

d)

competisian

9.

If I attach this suffix to a word, it turns it into a person that does something.

a)

ian

b)

ion

c)

ed

10.

Adding 'ion' to a base word that ends in 't' usually

a)

-Does not change the spelling of the base word.

-May affect how the final 't' sounds.

b)

-Usually changes the spelling of the base word.

-Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.

c)

-Affects the spelling of the base word.

-Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.

11.

to refuse or deny

a)

reject

b)

subject

c)

eject

d)

invoke

12.

to throw or force out of

a)

subject

b)

reject

c)

eject

d)

invoke

13.

a machine that shows an image on a surface

a)

subject

b)

vocation

c)

projector

d)

projectile

14.

of or relating to the voice or speech

a)

vocalist

b)

vocation

c)

eject

d)

vocal

15.

What is the meaning of the root voc?

a)

one, alone

b)

build

c)

across/change

d)

voice

16.

What is the meaning of the prefix auto-?

a)

most

b)

self

c)

equal

d)

earth

17.

What is the meaning of the prefix geo-?

a)

most

b)

self

c)

equal

d)

earth

18.

What is the meaning of the root ject?

a)

earth

b)

throw

c)

study of

d)

one, alone

19.

What is the meaning of the suffix -ology?

a)

study of

b)

throw

c)

earth

d)

most

20.

What is the meaning of the prefix trans-?

a)

earth

b)

one, alone

c)

across/change

d)

voice