Greek and Latin Root

To check someone's temperature, you would use a thermometer.  What does the root "therm" mean?

• ice
• sky
• heat
• see

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The audience watched the soccer game.  The root "aud" means......

• to hear
• to eat
• to send
• to sleep

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Construction is a good career for many people.  What does the root "struc" mean?

• to build
• to see
• to hear
• to sleep

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The speech in a story is called dialogue.  What does the root "log" mean?

• dance
• word or study
• sleep or rest
• travel or go

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If you have a portable computer, you can take it with you.  What does the root "port" mean?

• to see
• to sleep
• to carry
• to throw

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

When you study astronomy, you look at the night sky.  What does the root "ast or astro" mean?

• day
• dark
• star
• boy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

When you are a spectator at a soccer game, you watch people run and kick the ball.  What does "spec" mean in spectator?

• to see
• to hear
• to pay
• to sleep

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

When you ask for someone's autograph, you want them to sign something.  The root "graph" means ......

• to play
• to see
• to hear
• to write

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

When you put things in chronological order, you are making a time line.  What does the root "chron" mean?

• bake
• laugh
• time
• see

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Micro means

• large
• happy
• sad
• small