UNIT 2
Name: _______________________
Period: _______________________
Date: ________________________
Teacher: ______________________
QUADR, QUADRI, QUADRU, QUART
quadr/ennial
four; a fourth part; four times (L-R)
(a)
lasting for four years; as, a quadrennial term in office; taking place one time in four
years; as, the Olympics, the presidential election, or leap year; (n) anything that takes
place every four years; as, the birthday celebration of anyone born on the 29th of
February
quadri/lateral (a) being four-sided; (n) a geometric figure formed from four straight lines; as, a square, a
rectangle, a parallelogram, a trapezoid, etc., are quadrilateral geometric figures
quadru/ped
(n) a four-footed animal; as, horses, cats, dogs, etc., are quadrupeds; (a) being four-footed;
compare biped and multiped
quadru/plet
(n) a combination or collection of four of a kind; one of four children born at about the
same time, and to the same mother; compare twin (2), triplet (3), quintuplet (5),
sextuplet (6), septuplet (7), octuplet (8), etc.
quart
(n) a measure of volume or capacity; the fourth part of a gallon; 2 pints
quart/et
(n) a musical composition for four voices or instruments; a group of four; as, a bowling
quartet; quartette; compare solo, duet or duo, trio, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, etc.
quadrillion
(n) the number named by a unit with fifteen zeros after it; 1000 trillions;
1,000,000,000,000,000
quadri/cycle (n), quadru/ple (v-a-n), quart/er (n-a-v), quart/er/ly (a-n-adv)
QUINT, QUINTU
quint/et
(n)
quintu/plet
(n)
quintillion
(n)
(n)
penta/gon
Penta/gon
(n)
(n)
(L-R)
a musical composition for five voices or instruments; a group of five; as, a basketball
quintet; quintette
a combination or collection of five of a kind; one of five children born at about the same
time, and to the same mother; most notable are the Dionne and Fischer quintuplets
the number named by a unit with eighteen zeros after it; 1000 quadrillions;
1,000,000,000,000,000,000
quintu/ple (v-a-n)
PENT, PENTA
pent/athlon
five; a fifth part; five times
five
(Gr-R)
an athletic contest in which the contestants took part in five different events; it consisted
of wrestling, throwing the discus, leaping, hurling the spear, and running; it was the
main event of the ancient Greek Olympics which began in 776 B.C.; the Olympics were
received in 1896, and the decathlon became its featured event
a plane geometric figure of five sides and five angles
the five-sided headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense,
located in Washington, D.C.
pent/ang/ular (a)
Boffardi unit #2 with Atkinson supplement
UNIT 2
NAME: ________________
EXERCISE 1: MATCHING: In the spaces provided, supply each word-cell in Column A with the number of
its proper definition from Column B.
A
B
-er
(1)
eight
sept
(2)
that which
multi
(3)
angles; corners
oct
(4)
contest; event
duo
(5)
seven
athlon
(6)
five
gon
(7)
foot; feet
ped
(8)
many
pent
(9)
two
trio
(10)
group of three
EXERCISE 2: DEFINITIONS: In the spaces provided, supply the words being defined. Use the correct
form of the word, as necessary.
(1) _____________________
a number named by a unit with fifteen zeroes following it
(2) _____________________
a plane geometric figure of five sides and angles
(3) _____________________
lasting for four years or taking place every four years
(4) _____________________
a musical composition for five voices or instruments
(5) _____________________
a combination or collection of five of a kind
EXERCISE 3: GOOFY WORDS: Use word cell definitions to find definitions for made-up words.
(1) _____ quadrigon
a. a group of languages
(2) _____ cycleathlon
b. to cut a wing six times
(3) _____ linguet
c. four angles
(4) _____ pletathlon
d. contest of circles
(5) _____ sectsextplane
e. a collection of events or contests
Boffardi unit #2 with Atkinson supplement
UNIT 2
NAME: ______________________
EXERCISE 4; MATCHING GAME: Fill in the spaces below with those numbers from the list of
Word-Cell Choices which best make up the definitions. Each of the may be used more than once.
Example:
A four-wheeled vehicle. 16_ 2__ (quadricycle)
1. Any event that takes place every four years.
___ ___
Word Cell Choices
2. The fourth part of a gallon; two pints.
___
1.
athlon
3. One thousand quadrillions equal a __________.
2.
cycle
___
3.
dec
4. A four-footed animal, as is a horse.
4.
ennial
___ ___
5.
-er
5. Triplets plus twins.
6.
-et
___ ___ ___
7.
gon
6. Another way of saying “four times a year.”
8.
lateral
___ ___ ___
9.
-ly
7. A ten-event athletic contest.
10. ped
___ ___
11. pent
8. Being four-sided, as is a square.
12. penta
___ ___
13. Penta
9. A group of four; as, a bowling ____________.
14. plet
___ ___
15. quadr
10. 1,000,000,000,000,000
16. quadri
___
17. quadrillion
11. Quintuplets minus one child.
18. quadru
___ ___ ___
19. quart
12. A trio plus a duet.
20. quint
___ ___
21. quintillion
13. A decathlon minus five events.
22. quintu
___ ___
23. –s
14. A plane geometric figure of five sides and five angles.
___ ___
15. The five-sided headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.
___ ___
EXERCISE 5: WORD CELL PUZZLE: Circle the (10) word-cells hidden in the Puzzle Square. Write
each word-cell in a space below. Word-cells are located down and across, NOT diagonally or
backwards. They also can NOT be completely within another word cell. (You could not choose -et as a
separate word cell from -plet if you’ve already chosen -plet). Previous unit word cells may be used.
L
A
T
E
R
A
L
J
P
W
Q
G
A
Z
W
C
Y
C
L
E
V
U
R
T
I
F
Q
P
F
Q
N
F
A
F
H
V
C
I
H
K
O
T
J
R
N
L
W
A
E
E
A
B
F
U
T
G
O
N
H
C
E
N
N
I
A
L
Z
N
A
R
F
M
M
Q
C
P
H
L
P
C
D
Q
E
W
U
L
J
A
F
R
Q
U
A
D
R
I
T
C
K
B
T
D
F
P
Z
D
N
K
P
W
X
Q
W
M
P
L
E
T
M
C
F
1. ________________
6. _______________
2. ________________
7. _______________
3. ________________
8. _______________
4. ________________
9. _______________
5. ________________
10. ______________
Boffardi unit #2 with Atkinson supplement
UNIT 2
1.
NAME: ____________________________
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
15.
14.
16.
17.
18.
ACROSS
DOWN
1. Quadruplets plus triplets
1. Quintuplets plus one more child
8. Quint minus bi- equals ______________
2. Greek root meaning “five”
10. A rectangle and a square are __________ geometric figures
3. Root meaning “foot or feet”
11. Root meaning “of or pertaining to so many years”
4. The fourth part of a gallon; two pints
12. Greek root meaning “angle or corner”
5. The Olympics are _____________ events
13. Suffix meaning “a group”
6. One of three children born at about the
same time, and to the same mother
15. Root meaning “four; a fourth part; four times”
7. The fourth part of anything
17. Root meaning “many; much”
9. Being many footed
18. Root meaning “a physical contest”
10. Latin root meaning “five; a fifth part;
five times
14. A duet plus a solo
16. Another name for a duet
Boffardi unit #2 with Atkinson supplement