Root Word

Root Word Review 1

auto, port, struct, graph, photo

Auto

• Greek root word

• Means self

• Examples: autobiography, automobile, automatic

Photo

• Greek root word

• Means light

• Examples: photograph, photosynthesis, photographer, photocopier

Struct

• Latin root word

• Means build or assemble

• Examples: structure, construct, destruction, Reconstruction

Graph

• Greek root word

• Means write

• Examples: autograph, biography, paragraph, bibliography

Port

• Greek root word

• Means carry

• Examples: teleportation, passport, airport, report

Multiple Choice

Which of these choices is NOT a root word?

• Port

• Photo

• Dis

• Struct

Multiple Choice

The root graph means...

• to see

• to write

• to touch

• to hear

Multiple Choice

The root port means...

• a harbor

• a border

• an airplane

• to carry

Multiple Choice

The root struct means...

• destroy

• hammer

• build

• make

Multiple Choice

The root photo means...

• camera

• light

• dark

• quick

Multiple Choice

The root auto means...

• self

• sign

• together

• apart

Multiple Select

Which words use the root struct?

• Construct

• Strum

• Destruction

• Structural

• Instrument

Multiple Select

Which words use two different root words?

• Autograph

• Photography

• Autobiography

• Deport

• Automatic