English Language Arts Grade 9 45 min

Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

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If 'port' means 'to carry', what does 'transport' mean?

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If 'bio' means 'life' and '-logy' means 'study of', what is 'biology'?

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Knowing 'cent' means 'hundred', what is a 'century'?

Sample Practice Questions

Easy
The root 'port' means 'to carry'. What does it mean to 'export' goods?
0.Carry out
1.Carry in
2.Carry over
3.Carry on
Easy
The root 'bio' means 'life'. What is a 'biography'?
0.Study of life
1.Story of a life
2.Fear of life
3.Without life
Easy
The root 'cent' means 'hundred'. What does 'percent' mean?
0.For each ten
1.For each one
2.For each thousand
3.For each hundred

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