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English
4th -
7thgrade
Greek & Latin Suffixes (-ist, -ism, -ology, -logy)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
You could tell that family were ______________ because of the clothes they wore and how often they pulled out their maps.
patriotism
tourists
optimism
chemists
- 2. Multiple Choice
Kimberly is studying _____________________ at Boston College since she wants to follow in her dad's footsteps and study medicine.
chemist
geology
mythology
pharmacology
- 3. Multiple Choice
Jerry absolutely loves studying _________________; he wants to be like his history professor, Dr. Nelson who was a consultant for the movie Jurassic Park.
geology
mythology
archeology
patriotism
- 4. Multiple Choice
The crowd of citizens showed a strong sense of __________________ as they celebrated a national holiday.
patriotism
geology
optimism
tourist
- 5. Multiple Choice
The suffixes -ism, -ist, -ology/logy all transform root words into _______________.
verbs
conjunctions
nouns
pronouns
- 6. Multiple Choice
Jackie's little brother is so interested in _____________________ that he reads up on the subject for two hours each day, cross checking the different cultures and religions that it includes.
geology
mythology
pharmacology
patriotism
- 7. Multiple Choice
Despite the forecast's call for sleet, Henry displayed a high level of __________________, as he just knew the football game would take place as scheduled.
optimism
chemist
patriotism
geology
- 8. Multiple Choice
Kentrell fell in love with ________________ from the time Grandpa gave him a book on canyon formation.
pharmacology
chemist
geology
optimism
- 9. Multiple Choice
The ______________ works long hours at two laboratories in the Denver area.
mythology
chemist
tourist
geology
- 10. Multiple Choice
The suffix -ist means:
act/belief/practice of
one who does a specific action.
science of/study of
bad or wrong.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The suffix -logy/ology means:
life
one who does a specific action
act/belief/practice of
science of/study of
- 12. Multiple Choice
All of this week's suffixes made all vocabulary words ________________.
nouns
adjectives
verbs
conjunctions
- 13. Multiple Choice
The suffix -ism means:
science of/study of
act/belief/practice of
life
one who does a specific action
- 14. Multiple Choice
TRUE or FALSE. Prefixes come at the ends of root/base words.
TRUE
FALSE
- 15. Multiple Choice
TRUE or FALSE. Suffixes come at the end of root/base words.
TRUE
FALSE
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