This challenging worksheet has students answer multiple-choice questions, and fill in blanks to practice roots, prefixes & suffixes skills.
It includes 9 questions across 2 sections for focused practice.
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Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. The words "portable," "transport," "export," and "report" all share the Latin root port. What does the root port mean?
A) To build or create
B) To carry or move
C) To write or record
D) To break or divide
2. The words "spectacle," "inspect," "spectator," and "respect" share the root spect. Based on these words, what does spect most likely mean?
A) To speak
B) To touch
C) To look or see
D) To hear
3. An author writes books, authority means power to command, and authorize means to give official permission. What root do they share and what does it mean?
A) auth — meaning to create or increase
B) thor — meaning to send or throw
C) hor — meaning to frighten
D) author — meaning to originate or promote
4. Knowing that the root form means "shape," which sentence uses a form-family word incorrectly?
A) The clay was formless until the artist shaped it.
B) School uniforms make everyone dress in the same form.
C) She needs to reform the dough into a round ball.
D) He used information to break the vase into pieces.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The words describe, inscribe, prescribe, and subscribe all share the Latin root scrib or script, which means to write.
2. Conduct, produce, and introduce all share the root duct or duc, which means to lead or guide.
3. If the root mit or miss means "to send," then to transmit means to send across from one place to another.
4. The root ven or vent means "to come." An convention is a gathering where people come together, and to prevent means to stop something before it comes.
5. Knowing that the root mot or mov means "to move," a motive is something that gives you a reason to move into action.
Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. The words "portable," "transport," "export," and "report" all share the Latin root port. What does the root port mean?
A) To build or create
B) To carry or move
C) To write or record
D) To break or divide
2. The words "spectacle," "inspect," "spectator," and "respect" share the root spect. Based on these words, what does spect most likely mean?
A) To speak
B) To touch
C) To look or see
D) To hear
3. An author writes books, authority means power to command, and authorize means to give official permission. What root do they share and what does it mean?
A) auth — meaning to create or increase
B) thor — meaning to send or throw
C) hor — meaning to frighten
D) author — meaning to originate or promote
4. Knowing that the root form means "shape," which sentence uses a form-family word incorrectly?
A) The clay was formless until the artist shaped it.
B) School uniforms make everyone dress in the same form.
C) She needs to reform the dough into a round ball.
D) He used information to break the vase into pieces.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) The words describe, inscribe, prescribe, and subscribe all share the Latin root scrib or script, which means to write.
2) Conduct, produce, and introduce all share the root duct or duc, which means to lead or guide.
3) If the root mit or miss means "to send," then to transmit means to send across from one place to another.
4) The root ven or vent means "to come." An convention is a gathering where people come together, and to prevent means to stop something before it comes.
5) Knowing that the root mot or mov means "to move," a motive is something that gives you a reason to move into action.
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