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Grade 6 English Language Arts · Greek and Latin Roots

Grade 6 Greek and Latin Roots Practice Test

Build Grade 6 English Language Arts skills with five 10-question practice tests on Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes, word families, and context clues.

Greek and Latin Roots Practice Tests

These Grade 6 English Language Arts practice tests help students use word parts to understand unfamiliar vocabulary. Students practice common Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes, word families, context clues, and precise use of derived words.

Skills covered

  • Recognizing common Greek roots such as bio, geo, chron, graph, tele, and aud
  • Recognizing common Latin roots such as port, dict, spect, and struct
  • Using prefixes such as re-, pre-, un-, dis-, trans-, and sub-
  • Using suffixes such as -ful, -less, -ment, and -tion
  • Connecting related words in word families
  • Using roots, affixes, and context clues together
  • Applying new vocabulary accurately in sentences

How to use these practice tests

Break an unfamiliar word into a prefix, root, and suffix when possible. Recall the meaning of each part, combine the clues, and read the surrounding sentence. If the result does not fit the context, revise the interpretation and check another possible meaning.

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Grade 6 Greek and Latin Roots Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 6 English Language Arts practice test on Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes, word families, context clues, and vocabulary meaning.

Break unfamiliar words into meaningful parts, connect roots and affixes to known meanings, and use the surrounding sentence to confirm your answer.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which strategy is best when a reader meets an unfamiliar word with a known root?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Use the root meaning, affixes, and sentence context together..

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: Combining word parts with context gives the reader multiple clues to meaning.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

Combining word parts with context gives the reader multiple clues to meaning.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

The word renewable contains re- and new. What does renewable most likely suggest?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Able to become new or be used again.

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: Re- means again, so renewable describes something that can be renewed or used again.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

Re- means again, so renewable describes something that can be renewed or used again.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word contains a root connected to writing or recording?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Autograph.

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: Graph means write or record, and an autograph is a written signature.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

Graph means write or record, and an autograph is a written signature.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word contains a root connected to looking?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Spectator.

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: Spect means see or look, and a spectator is someone who watches.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

Spect means see or look, and a spectator is someone who watches.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A text says, "The museum displayed a chronology of inventions." What is a chronology?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A record arranged in time order.

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: Chron means time, so a chronology arranges events by time.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

Chron means time, so a chronology arranges events by time.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A student knows that -less means without. What does powerless mean?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Without power.

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: Powerless means without power, using the suffix -less.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

Powerless means without power, using the suffix -less.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word means full of hope?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Hopeful.

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: The suffix -ful means full of, so hopeful means full of hope.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

The suffix -ful means full of, so hopeful means full of hope.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A sentence says, "The scientist inspected the sample before recording the result." What happened first?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The scientist looked at the sample carefully..

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: Inspect means look at carefully, and the sentence says this happened before recording.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

Inspect means look at carefully, and the sentence says this happened before recording.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word best completes the sentence: "The teacher asked students to ____ the paragraph before the quiz"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Reread.

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: Reread means read again, which fits the action needed before a quiz.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

Reread means read again, which fits the action needed before a quiz.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Why can word families help a reader?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Related words share parts and meanings that provide clues to an unfamiliar word..

  1. Break apart the word: Look for a prefix, root, suffix, and any familiar word family.
  2. Connect the parts: Shared roots and affixes connect related words and help readers infer meaning.
  3. Check the context: Use the surrounding sentence to confirm that the word meaning fits the passage.

Shared roots and affixes connect related words and help readers infer meaning.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 6 Greek and Latin Roots

What topics are covered?

The page covers common Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes, word families, context clues, and vocabulary application.

How do roots help with vocabulary?

Roots and affixes carry meaning clues. Readers can combine those clues with context to infer and confirm the meaning of unfamiliar words.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 6 Greek and Latin Roots questions in total.