Roots

Roots

The 3rd Building Block of Words

Multiple Choice

Quick review: What is a word part with meaning called?

• morpheme

• syllable

• gerund

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What are the 3 types of morphemes?

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Prefixes are always found where?

• at the end

• in the middle

• by themselves

• at the beginning

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Suffixes are always found where?

• at the end

• in the middle

• by themselves

• at the beginning

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What does it mean if a word has a compound prefix or compound suffix?

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Name 3 prefixes.

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Name 3 suffixes.

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Name 5 words with prefixes in them

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Name 5 words with suffixes in them

Main Goal of Today

• Today you will learn about roots which will help you successfully use Word MAPS

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First let's define "root." What is a root?

Roots... the basics

*A root is a morpheme at the beginning, middle, or end of the word.

*It can also be a word just by itself

*The more roots you know, the easier it is to figure out unknown words

*Not all words have roots

Roots can appear in different forms

Check out the next slide for an example

Example: "aster"

• aster means star

• in the word "asterisk" aster is located at the beginning.

• in the word "disastrous," aster has been slightly changed to "astro" & appears in the middle of the world.

• in the word "aster" the root can stand alone

Word: Aster

• aster is a type of flower

• the root aster means star

• therefore, we can infer that an aster flower looks like a star

How are Words Created?

*Combining word parts to make meaning

*Roots in English often come from Latin and Greek words

*A group of words that have the same root are called a "word family"

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Why do you think words that share the same root are called a word family?

Examples of Word Families

• All share a similar prefix, suffix, or root

Morpheme Rule #1

1. A morpheme can have several meanings.

Examples:

"in-" means "not"

"in-" means "into" and "within"

Morpheme Rule 2

2. Morphemes can have the same meaning but different forms.

Examples:

"an-" means "not"

"dis-" means "not"

"im-" means "not"

Morpheme Rule 3

3. Morphemes can have the same meaning but similiar forms.

"aster" & "astro" mean start

"flex" & "flect" mean "bend"

"mit" & "mis" mean "send"

Multiple Choice

All words have a root.

• true

• false

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What is the purpose of root words?