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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-junctbin--cide
13.  reading, law, word
-oriumlexdeci-sol
14.  hand
manusept-vertante-

Circle the correct Greek root for the definition.
15.  war
aquabellscriptver
16.  water
aquaporttrans-inter-
17.  to cut
trans-medipost-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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