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Cracking the Code: How Ancient Languages Shape Modern Words

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

My niece is a true ______ — she owns over 300 books and keeps buying more.

a)

technophile

b)

bibliophile

c)

logophile

2.

What does the Greek root bio mean?

a)

Earth

b)

Life

c)

Air

d)

Light

3.

As a lifelong ______, Leo refuses to swim or boat.

a)

hydrophobe

b)

claustrophobe

c)

audiophobe

4.

Which English word does NOT come from a Latin or Greek root?

a)

Library

b)

Planet

c)

Sandwich

d)

Telephone

5.

As a true ______, Manuel keeps all his old coins and even attends antique fairs.

a)

ornithophilia

b)

numismophilia

c)

cynophilia

6.

Which root means “write” in ancient languages?

a)

graph (Greek)

b)

aqua (Latin)

c)

astro (Greek)

d)

vid (Latin)

7.

Sofia screamed and ran out of the room when she saw the spider — she’s definitely an ______.

a)

arachnophobe

b)

xenophobe

c)

zoophile

8.

The word auditorium has Latin roots. What does the root aud suggest?

a)

Speaking

b)

Looking

c)

Hearing

d)

Judging

9.

Carlos is an ______ ; he loves extreme sports like skydiving and paragliding.

a)

aerophile

b)

hydrophile

c)

acrophile

10.

Which of these pairs contains two roots that BOTH come from ancient Greek?

a)

Auto + graph

b)

Aqua + vision

c)

Tele + video

d)

Manus + script

11.

Ever since the hiking accident, Joel has developed ______ and refuses to go outside.

a)

claustrophobia

b)

xenophobia

c)

agoraphobia

12.

Her ______ is obvious — she has hundreds of word games and even creates her own dictionaries.

a)

audiophilia

b)

logophilia

c)

bibliophilia

13.

Tomas is obsessed with foreign cultures and even studies one new language every year — he clearly has ______.

a)

technophilia

b)

claustrophilia

c)

xenophilia

14.

Tina buys everything with cats on it — mugs, socks, calendars. Her friends say she’s a true ______.

a)

ornithophile

b)

cynophobe

c)

ailurophile

15.

Lucas actually goes outside to enjoy lightning storms. That’s a surprising case of ______.

a)

agoraphobia

b)

astraphilia

c)

hydrophobia