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Root Words and Their Meanings

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the root word 'graph' mean?

a)

writing

b)

drawing

c)

speaking

d)

hearing

2.

What does the root word 'scrib, script' mean?

a)

write

b)

read

c)

draw

d)

speak

3.

What does the root word 'mis, mit' mean?

a)

send

b)

write

c)

build

d)

break

4.

What does the root word 'port' mean?

a)

carry

b)

write

c)

see

d)

build

5.

What does the root word 'fer' mean?

a)

to carry, bear, bring together

b)

to write

c)

to see

d)

to speak

6.

What does the root word 'tain, ten, tent' mean?

a)

to hold

b)

to write

c)

to speak

d)

to move

7.

What does the root word 'duc, duct' mean?

a)

lead, take, bring

b)

write, record

c)

see, look

d)

hear, listen

8.

What does the root word 'flu, flux' mean?

a)

to flow

b)

to break

c)

to write

d)

to see

9.

What does the root word 'cap, ceiv, cept' mean?

a)

to take, seize, or receive

b)

to write or record

c)

to move or travel

d)

to see or observe

10.

What does the root word 'pon, pos, pose' mean?

a)

to put, place, or set

b)

to write or record

c)

to move or travel

d)

to see or observe

11.

What does the root word 'pend' mean?

a)

hang, weigh, or pay

b)

run, jump, or skip

c)

write, draw, or paint

d)

see, hear, or feel

12.

What does the root word 'sist, sta' mean?

a)

stand, endure

b)

write, record

c)

move, change

d)

see, look

13.

What does the root word 'stat' mean?

a)

stay, position, to know

b)

move, run, to see

c)

write, record, to hear

d)

build, destroy, to feel

14.

What does the root word 'man, manu' mean?

a)

hand

b)

foot

c)

eye

d)

head

15.

What does the root word 'ped' mean?

a)

foot

b)

hand

c)

head

d)

eye

16.

What does the root word 'fac, fact, fect, fic, fict' mean?

a)

make, do

b)

see, look

c)

write, record

d)

move, go

17.

What does the root word 'auto' mean?

a)

self

b)

water

c)

light

d)

earth

18.

What does the root word 'bio' mean?

a)

life

b)

water

c)

earth

d)

fire

19.

What does the root word 'aero' mean?

a)

air, atmosphere

b)

water, sea

c)

earth, soil

d)

fire, heat

20.

What does the root word 'chron' mean?

a)

time

b)

light

c)

sound

d)

shape

21.

What does the root word 'metr' mean?

a)

to measure

b)

to write

c)

to see

d)

to speak