Greek and Latin Roots Worksheet (Grade 8)
Free printable Grade 8 Greek and Latin roots worksheet. Students use each root's word family to work out what the secondary-level root means. Answer key included.
Grade 8 · Vocabulary worksheet
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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.The Greek root 'dem' appears in democracy, demographic, epidemic. What does 'dem' mean?
- a) around
- b) the people
- c) new
- d) to love
- 2.The Greek root 'log' appears in dialogue, monologue, logic. What does 'log' mean?
- a) the people
- b) color
- c) word, reason, or study
- d) form or shape
- 3.The Greek root 'morph' appears in metamorphosis, amorphous, morph. What does 'morph' mean?
- a) form or shape
- b) to love
- c) chief or ruler
- d) around
- 4.The Latin root 'omni' appears in omnivore, omniscient, omnipresent. What does 'omni' mean?
- a) human
- b) the people
- c) god
- d) all
- 5.The Greek root 'arch' appears in monarch, archenemy, anarchy. What does 'arch' mean?
- a) around
- b) the people
- c) all
- d) chief or ruler
- 6.The Greek root 'theo' appears in theology, monotheism, polytheism. What does 'theo' mean?
- a) new
- b) all
- c) chief or ruler
- d) god
- 7.The Greek root 'phil' appears in philosophy, philanthropist, bibliophile. What does 'phil' mean?
- a) form or shape
- b) god
- c) new
- d) to love
- 8.The Greek root 'chrom' appears in monochrome, chromatic, chromosome. What does 'chrom' mean?
- a) all
- b) god
- c) chief or ruler
- d) color
- 9.The Greek root 'anthrop' appears in anthropology, philanthropist, anthropoid. What does 'anthrop' mean?
- a) to love
- b) human
- c) many
- d) word, reason, or study
- 10.The Greek root 'poly' appears in polygon, polyglot, polygraph. What does 'poly' mean?
- a) many
- b) god
- c) form or shape
- d) human
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