Greek and Latin Roots

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.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Your vision is very important for learning.  What does the root "vis" mean?

• to hear
• to send
• to laugh
• to see

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

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

Geology is the study of rocks and what the _________ is made of.

• science
• life
• earth
• penguins

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The root word "ped" means 

• knee
• hand
• foot
• leg

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

A dictator is a person who__________________.

• says the opposite of something.
• rules a country with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal way.
• makes the decision by a jury.
• the act of speaking words that someone writes down.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E