Greek and Latin Root Word Practice

What is the root word of centipede?

• cent

• ti

• ped

• de

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does the Latin root word dict mean?

• earth

• hear

• say

• walk

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Sarah wrote a biography of the famous writer Maya Angelou.

Which word in the sentence has a root word?

• wrote

• famous

• biography

• writer

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Which root word means to write?

• scrip/script

• terr

• phon

• port

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which is a Greek word for water.

Reminder: This is Greek

• aqua

• terr

• hydr

• port

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What two words mean one?

• bi

  di

• oct

  cent

• tri

  quad

• uni

  mono

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The doctor gave me a prescription.

What is the Latin root word and what does it mean?

• script

  to say

• script

  write

• scrip

  carry

• script

  sound

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which of these words are Greek/Latin root words for numbers.

• one

  mono

  bi

  di

  tri

  oct

  cent

• scrib

  script

  bio

  aqua

  graph

  geo

• terr

  geo

  hydr

  gram

  meter

  tract

• meter

  phon

  dict

  aqua

  hydr

  terr

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of these choices are a Latin root word for measure?

• geo

• cent

• meter

• phon

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Identify the the meaning of the Greek word geo

• water

• sound

• speak

• earth

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B