Root words Lesson 1

Literacy Lesson

Auto

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Self

Match

Match the words with their definition.

• Working by itself with little or no human control.

• A book written by someone about their own self.

• A person's signature written by their own self.

• A vehicle that moves by itself (using an engine, rather than being pulled by an animal).

• Having the freedom to govern or control itself independently.

Automatic

Autobiography

Autograph

Automobile

Autonomous

• Automatic

• Autobiography

• Autograph

• Automobile

• Autonomous

Open Ended

Choose a word that has the root 'auto' to create your own sentence.

Chron

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Time

Open Ended

Write a sentence using a word that has "auto".

Match

Match the words with their definition.

• Arranged in the order of time that events actually happened.

• An illness or problem that lasts for a very long time (the opposite of acute).

• A written record of historical events, told in the order of time.

• To make things happen at the exact same time (syn- = together/same).

Chronological

Chronic

Chronicle

Synchronize

• Chronological

• Chronic

• Chronicle

• Synchronize

Open Ended

Choose a word that has the root 'chron' to create your own sentence.

Bio

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Life

Match

Match the words with their definition.

• The scientific study of living organisms.

• An account of a person's life written by someone else.

• A medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.

• Capable of being decomposed naturally by bacteria or other living organisms.

Biology

Biography

Antibiotic

Biodegradable

• Biology

• Biography

• Antibiotic

• Biodegradable

Open Ended

Choose a word that has the root 'bio' to create your own sentence.

Dyna

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Power

Match

Match the words with their definition.

• A powerful explosive substance used in mining and construction.

• Full of energy, force, or constant change.

• A powerful family of rulers who lead a country for a long time.

Dynamite

Dynamic

Dynasty

• Dynamite

• Dynamic

• Dynasty

Open Ended

Choose a word that has the root 'dyna' to create your own sentence.