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Name _____________________________

Date ___________________

Word Roots

Fill in the blanks with the meaning of each word root.

Prefixes bi = two in = not pre = before

Root Words ped = feet script = to write tele = distant port = to carry

Suffixes phone = sound, voice

1.  biped   bi- , _______________  +  ped , _______________

2.  telephone   tele , _______________  +  -phone , _______________

3.  prescription   pre- , _______________  +  script , _______________  +  ion

4.  porter   port , _______________  +  er

Match each word from the previous word roots section with the definition.

5.  _______________   having two feet

6.  _______________   directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

7.  _______________   electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

8.  _______________   someone who guards an entrance

Fill in the missing suffix. Then write a sentence using the word.

9.  allego_____

10.  micro_____

11.  interfer_____

 

Circle the correct Latin root for the definition.

12.  thoroughly, through, wrong per- junct bin- -cide

13.  reading, law, word -orium lex deci- sol

14.  hand manu sept- vert ante-

Circle the correct Greek root for the definition.

15.  war aqua bell script ver

16.  water aqua port trans- inter-

17.  to cut trans- medi post- sect

Circle the correct definition for the prefix.

18.  tri- around three before

19.  acro- three height, topmost, top half

20.  counter- middle through, across opposite, against

Fill in the missing prefix. Then write a sentence using the word.

21.  _____derworld

22.  _____scription

23.  _____lusion

 

Circle the correct prefix for the definition.

24.  beyond in- il- ir- ultra-

25.  half cent- ac- semi- dia-

26.  backward counter- retro- dia- post-

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