Question Bank for Grade 5 World Languages

What does the Latin root "spect" mean?

• watch, look at

• across, beyond

• empty

• say, speak

Answer explanation

watch, look at

spectator, spectacle, inspect

What does the Latin root "struct" mean?

• build, put together, arrange

• wander, moving

• across, beyond

• among, between

Answer explanation

construct, structure, destruct, construction

In the word "submarine" what does the Latin root "sub" mean?

• across, beyond

• light, shine, source

• again, back, backwards

• under, lower than, inferior

Answer explanation

suburbs, subway, submarine, subzero

Which Latin root means "time"?

• vac

• medi, midi

• uni

• tempo

Answer explanation

tempo means time

temporary, temporal, contemporary

In the word "contain", what does the Latin root "tain" mean?

• hold

• pull

• one

• empty

Answer explanation

Tain means to hold

Like a container, retain, maintain, detain

What does the Latin root "tract" mean?

• pull

• empty

• break

• good, well

Answer explanation

tractor, attract, contract, subtract, distract

What does the Latin root "trans" mean?

• across, beyond, through

• search, seek, ask

• say, speak, speech

• less, smaller

Answer explanation

transport, transmit, transcribe, translate, transparent

What does the Latin root "uni" mean?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• all

Answer explanation

unicorn, unicycle, universe, unity, unilateral

In the word "vacant" what does the Latin root "vac" mean?

• write

• feel

• empty

• one

Answer explanation

vacant, vacancy, evacuate, vacation, vacuum

What do the Latin roots "vid, vis" mean in the following words:

video, vision

• see

• feel

• send, let go

• middle

Answer explanation

visible, video, vision, evidence, visit