Greek and Latin Root Worksheets by Deb Hanson
Name Lucky Numbers Directions: Read each sentence. Circle the word that contains a Greek or Latin number root. Write the root on the child s sign. Write the number represented by that root on each child s T-shirt (or another piece of clothing). The woman who played the flute in the octet was quite talented. Are you nervous to stand on stage alone and deliver the monologue? The quadruplets are three years old now, and they are a handful! Mr. Larson said that we are going to bisect a worm tomorrow in science! This teddy bear was made a century ago. Swimming is her strongest event in the triathlon. Patrick read the word problem and decided to divide the numbers. I live in the United States of America. BONUS: Miles drew a pentagon on his paper.
Name Lucky Numbers Directions: Read each sentence. Circle the word that contains a Greek or Latin number root. Write the root on the child s sign. Write the number represented by that root on each child s T- shirt (or another piece of clothing). 8 1 4 oct mono quadr The woman who played the flute in the octet was quite talented. Are you nervous to stand on stage alone and deliver the monologue? The quadruplets are three years old now, and they are a handful! 2 100 3 bi cent tri Mr. Larson said that we are going to bisect a worm tomorrow in science! This teddy bear was made a century ago. Swimming is her strongest event in the triathlon. 2 1 5 di uni pent Patrick read the word problem and decided to divide the numbers. I live in the United States of America. BONUS: Miles drew a pentagon on his paper.
Name Growing Sentences Using Greek & Latin Roots Directions: Look at the root listed on each pot. Write its meaning below the root. Then write a sentence using a word that contains that root. tract dict port uni scrib graph
aqua geo meter cent phon terr hydr loc
Name Growing Sentences Using Greek & Latin Roots Directions: Look at the root listed on each pot. Write its meaning below the root. Then write a sentence using a word that contains that root. tract to pull or drag dict to speak or say port to carry uni one scrib to write graph to write
aqua water geo Earth meter measure cent one hundred phon sound terr Earth hydr water loc place
Root Squares Name -oct means -hydr means octopus hydrant a figure with eight sides a plane that can land on water -scrib/script means -bi means scribe bicycle directions written by a doctor an airplane with two pairs of wings -geo means -quadr/quart means geode quadrilateral the study of people and places on Earth one-fourth of a whole
Root Squares Name -loc means -graph/gram means location Instagram pertaining to a small place to record an event in picture form -dict means -phon means predict telephone to say or to command two words that sound that same; have different meanings -mono means -cent means monosyllable centiliter a railway with one track a time period of one hundred years
Root Squares Name -tract means -tri means tractor triangle to pull attention away from something having three colors -uni means -port means unicorn portable to say something with one voice to carry goods into a country -meter means -aqua means thermometer aquarium to measure around an object pertaining to water
Root Squares Name -oct means eight octopus octagon an animal with eight arms a figure with eight sides -scrib/script means to write -hydr means water hydrant hydroplane a pipe in the street that draws water to fight fires a plane that can land on water -bi means two scribe a person who writes bicycle a cycle with two wheels prescription directions written by a doctor biplane an airplane with two pairs of wings -geo means Earth geode geography a rock from the Earth (lined with crystals) the study of people and places on Earth -quadr/quart means four quadrilateral quarter a figure with four sides one-fourth of a whole
Root Squares Name -loc means place -graph/gram means to write location a place of activity Instagram an app used to write about (record) events local pertaining to a small place photograph to record an event in picture form -dict means to say/speak predict dictate to say or to command -mono means one monosyllable monorail to say what you think might happen in the future a word with one syllable a railway with one track -phon means sound telephone homophone a device that transmits sound across a distance two words that sound that same; have different meanings -cent means one hundred centiliter century one onehundredth of a liter a time period of one hundred years
Root Squares Name -tract means to pull or drag -tri means three tractor a machine used for pulling triangle a figure with three sides distract to pull attention away from something tricolor having three colors -uni means one -port means to carry unicorn an imaginary animal with one horn portable something able to be carried unison to say something with one voice import to carry goods into a country -meter means measure -aqua means water thermometer an instrument that measures heat aquarium a glasssided tank to keep fish perimeter to measure around an object aquatic pertaining to water
Name Do you know your roots? Directions: Read each word in Column A. Underline the root. (If you see more than one root in the word, underline the root that has a meaning listed in Column B.) Then determine the meaning of the root from Column B. Write the corresponding letter on the line in Column A. 1. Column A bifocals A. one Column B 2. speedometer 3. xylophone 4. monopoly 5. retract 6. dilemma 7. quadruple 8. unify B. two C. Earth D. sound E. four F. to pull or drag G. to measure 9. territorial 10. geology
Name Do you know your roots? Directions: Read each word in Column A. Underline the root.. (If you see more than one root in the word, underline the root that has a meaning listed in Column B.) Then determine the meaning of the root from Column B. Write the corresponding letter on the line in Column A. 1. Column A trilogy A. three Column B 2. transcribe 3. centennial 4. autograph 5. October 6. locomotive 7. export 8. dictator 9. description B. eight C. place D. to write E. to carry F. to speak or to say G. measure H. one hundred 10. diagram
Name Do you know your roots? Directions: Read each word in Column A. Underline the root. (If you see more than one root in the word, underline the root that has a meaning listed in Column B.) Then determine the meaning of the root from Column B. Write the corresponding letter on the line in Column A. B 1. G Column A bifocals 2. speedometer D 3. xylophone A 4. monopoly F 5. retract B 6. dilemma E 7. quadruple A 8. unify C 9. territorial Column B A. one B. two C. Earth D. sound E. four F. to pull or drag G. to measure C 10. geology
Name Do you know your roots? Directions: Read each word in Column A. Underline the root.. (If you see more than one root in the word, underline the root that has a meaning listed in Column B.) Then determine the meaning of the root from Column B. Write the corresponding letter on the line in Column A. A 1. Column A trilogy A. three Column B D 2. transcribe H 3. centennial D 4. autograph B 5. October** C 6. locomotive E 7. export F 8. dictator D 9. description B. eight C. place D. to write E. to carry F. to speak or to say G. measure H. one hundred D 10. diagram **FUN FACT: Are you wondering why October has the root oct when it is the tenth month of the year? Well, in the old Roman calendar, it was the eighth month of the year (January and February did not exist in that calendar.) After January and February were inserted, October retained its original name even though it was no longer the eighth month of the year.
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