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Greek and Latin Roots Worksheet (Grade 6)

Free printable Grade 6 Greek and Latin roots worksheet. Students use each root's word family to work out what the secondary-level root means. Answer key included.

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Greek and Latin Roots

A root carries meaning across whole word families. Use the example words to work out what each root means, then choose the correct meaning.

  1. 1.
    The Latin root 'spect' appears in spectator, inspect, spectacle. What does 'spect' mean?
    • a) to look or watch
    • b) foot
    • c) to throw
    • d) to write
  2. 2.
    The Latin root 'tract' appears in tractor, attract, extract. What does 'tract' mean?
    • a) to believe
    • b) to pull or drag
    • c) to break
    • d) to send
  3. 3.
    The Latin root 'aud' appears in audible, audience, auditorium. What does 'aud' mean?
    • a) to write
    • b) to break
    • c) to hear
    • d) to believe
  4. 4.
    The Latin root 'mit' appears in transmit, submit, emit. What does 'mit' mean?
    • a) to look or watch
    • b) to send
    • c) to pull or drag
    • d) shape
  5. 5.
    The Latin root 'vis' appears in visible, vision, visual. What does 'vis' mean?
    • a) to look or watch
    • b) to break
    • c) to see
    • d) to hear
  6. 6.
    The Latin root 'ped' appears in pedal, pedestrian, centipede. What does 'ped' mean?
    • a) foot
    • b) to break
    • c) to hear
    • d) to believe
  7. 7.
    The Latin root 'rupt' appears in erupt, interrupt, rupture. What does 'rupt' mean?
    • a) to look or watch
    • b) to pull or drag
    • c) voice or to call
    • d) to break
  8. 8.
    The Latin root 'voc' appears in vocal, vocabulary, advocate. What does 'voc' mean?
    • a) voice or to call
    • b) to throw
    • c) foot
    • d) to send
  9. 9.
    The Latin root 'cred' appears in credit, incredible, credible. What does 'cred' mean?
    • a) to hear
    • b) to believe
    • c) shape
    • d) foot
  10. 10.
    The Latin root 'form' appears in uniform, transform, formation. What does 'form' mean?
    • a) to hear
    • b) to write
    • c) shape
    • d) to break
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