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Grades 3–5 · English language arts

English language arts quiz, Grades 3–5: Greek and Latin roots

This quiz helps revise “Greek and Latin roots” in English language arts for grades 3–5. It has 25 questions in five categories: Light and Sight, Hear and Speak, Earth and Life, Body in Motion, Build and Write. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 8–11
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Greek and Latin roots

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Light and Sight

  1. 100

    What does the Greek root 'tele' mean in words like television and telescope?

  2. 200

    What does the Latin root 'vis' mean in words like vision and invisible?

  3. 300

    What does the Greek…

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  4. 400

    Which Greek root meaning…

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  5. 500

    What does the Latin…

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Hear and Speak

  1. 100

    What does the Greek root 'phon' mean in words like microphone and symphony?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What does the Latin root 'aud' mean in words like audio and audience?

  3. 300

    What does the Latin…

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  4. 400

    What does the Latin…

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  5. 500

    If a sound is…

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Earth and Life

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What does the Latin root 'aqua' mean in words like aquarium and aquatic?

  2. 200

    What does the Greek root 'bio' mean in words like biology and biosphere?

  3. 300

    Which Greek root meaning…

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  4. 400

    Which Greek root meaning…

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  5. 500

    What does the Latin…

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Body in Motion

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What does the Latin root 'port' mean in words like portable and transport?

  2. 200

    What does the Latin root 'ped' mean in words like pedal and pedestrian?

  3. 300

    What does the Latin…

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  4. 400

    What does the Latin…

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  5. 500

    What does the Latin…

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Build and Write

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What does the Latin root 'struct' mean in words like construct and structure?

  2. 200

    What does the Greek root 'graph' mean in words like autograph and paragraph?

  3. 300

    Which Latin root meaning…

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  4. 400

    What does the Latin…

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  5. 500

    Which Greek root meaning…

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  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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