Unit 6 Greek and Latin Roots

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UNIT 6

aqua:

subaquatic:

growing or remaining
under water

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Aquarius:

a constellation of a
man carrying water

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water

benediction:

good words, blessings

bene:
good

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beneficiary:

one who receives good
things

mal:
bad

malpractice:

performing a duty in a
wrong way

malodorous:

bad smelling

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carry

portable:

something that can be
carried or moved about

portage:

carrying a boat
over land

port:

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throw

interjection:

to throw a remark into a
discussion

ject:

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projectile:

an object thrown in
the air with great force

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Root

Meaning

Word examples

aqua

water subaquatic, Aquarius

bene

good beneficiary, benediction

mal

bad malpractice, malodorous

port

carry portable, portage

ject

throw

interjection, projectile

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Name _________________________________________________

Matching: Place the letter of the correct meaning in the blank.

1.subaquatic

______

a. performing a duty in a wrong way

2. Aquarius

______

b. one who receives good things

3. beneficiary

______

c. a constellation pictured as a man carrying water

4. benediction

______

d. an object thrown into the air with great force

5. malpractice

______

e. something that can be carried or moved

6. malodorous

______

f. growing or remaining under water

7. portable

______

g. to throw a remark into a discussion

8. portage

______

h. good words, blessing

9. interjection

______

i. bad-smelling

10. projectile

______

j. carrying boats over land

1.The luck of the Irish helped her become a __________________________________________.

2.The boy’s __________________________ force helped the paper airplane reach the other
side of the room.

3.Lewis and Clark had to do this! ____________________________________________________

4.Twinkle Twinkle Little _______________________________________________________________.

5.Pigpen from the cartoon, Peanuts. _________________________________________________

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Answer the questions below.

aqua:
water

picture

subaquatic: _______________________________________________________

sentence: _________________________________________________________

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Aquarius: __________________________________________________________

sentence: _________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Name ________________________________________

bene:
good

picture

beneficiary: ______________________________________________________

sentence: __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

benediction: _______________________________________________________

sentence: __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

mal:
bad

picture

malpractice: _______________________________________________________

sentence: __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

malodorous: _______________________________________________________

sentence: __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

port:
carry

picture

portable: __________________________________________________________

sentence: __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

portage: ___________________________________________________________

sentence: __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

interjection: _______________________________________________________

sentence: __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

projectile: __________________________________________________________

sentence: __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

ject:
throw

picture

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Directions: List other words with the same root word and write the definition.

ject-
throw

port-
carry

bene-
good

aqua-
water

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mal-
bad

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Use one root word and
create a nonsense word
and definition!

Use the words from this unit to fill in the blanks.

Over the rainbow and next to the pot of gold stood a lively little lime leprechaun named

Larry. I approached him and we rapidly became best friends. At first we excitedly talked for

hours with many _______________________ used in our conversations. We began talking about

the _______________________ plants in the ocean, so we decided to walk down to the beach.

Then we picked up some shells to toss and they became _______________________ objects

into the waves. We kept some of them and placed them into our _______________________

basket. Next we found a dead fish on the shore that was absolutely _______________________!

Yuk! We took a boat ride and once on the water, Larry told me that he could only stay one

day in a country because of a _______________________ allegation from his leprechaun duties.

It saddened me to know that our time was limited. Coming back on shore, we had to

_______________________ over the sand to the boat storage. When the sky darkened, it was

amazing to see _______________________ Larry was leaving, he only had wonderful

_______________________ to say about our friendship. In a blink of an eye, Larry was gone. I

looked around and the shimmering pot of gold was by my side with a note saying, “You are

the _______________________ of this treasure!” It was my luckiest day ever!

Use words from the story to answer the following questions:

Synonym for restricted ________________________ Antonym for dull ____________________________

What does the idiom “a blink of an eye” mean? ____________________________________________

Find alliteration ____________________________________________________________________________

Name ______________________________________________

A LUCKY DAY WITH

LARRY THE LEPRECHAUN

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Name ________________________________________________

Fill in the blank with the correct word.

1.The ________________________________ pollution had everyone holding their noses!

2.The photographer brought a ________________________________ camera to the event.

3.My best friend had many sweet ________________________________ to say about me.

4.Did you see the ________________________________ soar across the battlefield?

5. The brave photographer dove into the ________________________________ world to

take pictures of the sea plants and animals.

Matching: Place the letter of the correct meaning in the blank.

1. aqua

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a. bad

2. bene

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b. carry

3. mal

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c. water

4. port

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d. throw

5. ject

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e. good

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subaquatic Aquarius beneficiary benediction malpractice

malodorous portable portage interjection projectile

Spiral
Review

Circle the correct answer.

1.Good words, blessing
a. benediction

b. malodorous c. beneficiary

d. projectile

2.Act of carrying boats over land
a. projectile

b. portable c. portage

d. subaquatic

3.Growing or remaining under water
a. malpractice

b. subaquatic c. Aquarius

d. beneficiary

4.An object thrown into the air with great force
a. benediction

b. interjection c. malpractice

d. projectile

5. Bad-smelling

a. malpractice

b. subaquatic c. malodorous

d. portage

6. A constellation pictured as a man carrying water

a. portable

b. subaquatic c. projectile

d. Aquarius

7.Performing a duty in a wrong way
a. interjection

b. malpractice c. malodorous

d. beneficiary

8. To throw a remark into a discussion

a. interjection

b. projectile c. benediction

d. portable

9.One who receives good things
a. interjection

b. malpractice c. beneficiary

d. benediction

10. Something that can be carried or moved about

a. portage

b. projectile c. portable

d. malodorous

1.Who needs a choreographer? __________________________

2.Preheat means to heat _________________________________.

3.Synchronize is to operate at the ____________________ time.

4.Arachnophobia is the __________________________ of spiders.

5.What does the prefix trans mean?________________________

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