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Vocabulary Worksheet: Roots 'auto' and 'graph'

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the common root in the following set of words: autofocus, autopilot, autograph, autobiography?

a)

auto

b)

graph

c)

bio

d)

pilot

2.

auto, aut means ____________________________

a)

self

b)

other

c)

fast

d)

light

3.

graph means ____________________________

a)

to write or draw

b)

to sing a song

c)

to cook food

d)

to run fast

4.

Divide the following words into syllables.

a)

au-to-bi-og-ra-phy

b)

au-tob-i-og-ra-phy

c)

aut-o-bi-og-ra-phy

d)

au-to-bio-gra-phy

5.

Divide the following words into syllables.

a)

au-to-im-mune

b)

auto-imm-une

c)

aut-oi-mmune

d)

a-uto-imm-une

6.

Divide the following words into syllables.

a)

pic-to-graph

b)

pi-c-to-graph

c)

pic-tog-raph

d)

pict-o-graph

7.

Graph means ____________________________

4 lines
8.

Auto means ____________________________

a)

self

b)

car

c)

fast

d)

machine

9.

What root is present in the following words? orthography, epigraph, calligraphy

a)

graph

b)

phon

c)

bio

d)

log

10.

Which of the following is a base word?

a)

phonograph

b)

phon

c)

graph

11.

Read this sentence: He passed the polygraph, but he was a suspect until they eliminated him. Based upon the root in the word polygraph, a reader may conclude that a polygraph is …

a)

a device worn on the head to make eyesight clearer

b)

a device used to record several different body pulsations simultaneously

c)

a device that opens and closes by itself

12.

If you wrote a book about your grandmother’s life, it would be a (a)   .

Choose from the below words

biography

autobiography

bibliography

13.

What does the word automatic mean?

a)

working with the help of others

b)

working by oneself

c)

working on its own, without outside help

14.

bio means ________________________________

a)

life

b)

water

c)

earth

d)

fire

15.

zoo, zo means ________________________________

a)

animal

b)

plant

c)

water

d)

light

16.

meter, metr means ________________________________

a)

measure

b)

music

c)

light

d)

color

17.

Divide the following word into syllables: biologist

a)

bi-o-lo-gist

b)

bio-lo-gist

c)

biol-o-gist

d)

bi-olo-gist

18.

Divide the following word into syllables: biodegradable

a)

bi-o-de-grad-a-ble

b)

bio-deg-rad-a-ble

c)

bi-o-deg-rad-able

d)

bi-o-de-grad-able

19.

Divide the following word into syllables: barometer

a)

ba-rom-e-ter

b)

bar-o-met-er

c)

ba-ro-meter

d)

bar-om-e-ter

20.

What does the root auto mean?

(a)