Grade 7 ELA Practice Test: Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes
- Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
These 10 questions practice using word parts to figure out unfamiliar words. Tip: break a word into prefix, root and suffix, then check your guess against the sentence.
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Question 1
The Latin root bene, found in benefit and benevolent, means
Correct answer: D
A benefit is something good for you, and a benevolent person wishes others well. "Bad" is the meaning of the opposite root, "mal."
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Question 2
The Greek root chron, found in chronological and chronic, refers to
Correct answer: A
Chronological order follows the order of time, and a chronic illness lasts a long time. "Chromo" is the Greek root for color, a common mix-up.
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Question 3
The Greek root bio means "life," and graph means "write." What is a biography?
Correct answer: B
Putting the parts together gives "life writing," a written story of someone's life. A book a person writes about her own life is an autobiography ("auto" means self).
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Question 4
The Latin root aud means "hear." A sound that is inaudible cannot be
Correct answer: C
The prefix "in-" means "not," and "aud" means hear, so "inaudible" means not able to be heard.
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Question 5
The doctor said the puppy was malnourished when it arrived at the shelter.
The prefix mal- means "bad" or "badly." What does malnourished mean?
Correct answer: C
"Mal-" means badly and "nourished" means fed, so a malnourished puppy has not had enough healthy food. "Badly injured" uses the prefix but ignores the root.
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Question 6
The Latin root port means "carry." What does it mean to import goods?
Correct answer: D
"Im-" means into, so to import is to carry goods in from another country. Sending goods out is "export," and carrying them across is "transport."
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Question 7
The Greek root geo means "earth," and -logy means "the study of." What is geology?
Correct answer: A
Geology combines "earth" and "study of," so geologists study rocks and the structure of the earth. The study of living things is biology, and the study of weather is meteorology.
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Question 8
The Latin prefix omni- means "all." An animal that is an omnivore eats
Correct answer: B
An omnivore eats all kinds of food. An animal that eats only plants is an herbivore, and one that eats mostly meat is a carnivore.
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Question 9
The airport shuttle runs on a monorail above the parking lots.
Using the Greek prefix mono-, what is a monorail?
Correct answer: D
"Mono-" means one, so a monorail runs on a single rail. Ordinary trains use two rails.
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Question 10
The Latin root dict means "say" or "speak." When you contradict someone, you
Correct answer: B
"Contra-" means against, so to contradict is to speak against a statement. Agreeing completely is the opposite of contradicting.
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