WorksheetsRoot Words 3/12
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A person who plays music is known as a ...
musicion
musician
mussician
Adding 'ion' to a base word that ends in 't' usually
-Does not change the spelling of the base word.
-May affect how the final 't' sounds.
-Usually changes the spelling of the base word.
-Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.
-Affects the spelling of the base word.
-Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.
The correct word pair for the word adopt is...
adoptian
adoption
adpotian
A suffix is...
a small group of letters that goes before a base word or a root.
a small group of letters that goes after a base word or a root.
an actual word that has meaning.
The correct word pair for the word digest is...
digestian
digestion
diggestion
Identify the correct spelling.
musician
musishun
musishion
musishn
Identify the correct spelling.
confession
confeshun
confeshion
confeshn
What is the correct word ending of the following word: compete?
competitan
competition
competision
competisian
If I attach this suffix to a word, it turns it into a person that does something.
ian
ion
ed
Adding 'ion' to a base word that ends in 't' usually
-Does not change the spelling of the base word.
-May affect how the final 't' sounds.
-Usually changes the spelling of the base word.
-Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.
-Affects the spelling of the base word.
-Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.
to refuse or deny
reject
subject
eject
invoke
to throw or force out of
subject
reject
eject
invoke
a machine that shows an image on a surface
subject
vocation
projector
projectile
of or relating to the voice or speech
vocalist
vocation
eject
vocal
What is the meaning of the root voc?
one, alone
build
across/change
voice
What is the meaning of the prefix auto-?
most
self
equal
earth
What is the meaning of the prefix geo-?
most
self
equal
earth
What is the meaning of the root ject?
earth
throw
study of
one, alone
What is the meaning of the suffix -ology?
study of
throw
earth
most
What is the meaning of the prefix trans-?
earth
one, alone
across/change
voice
