Root Words

geo

• written words
• sound
• the earth

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

micro

• self
• small
• the earth

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

photo

• sound
• move across
• light

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

thermo

• light
• the earth
• heat

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

gragh

• to draw or write
• to look
• sound

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

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.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

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

What does "chron" mean?

• color
• time
• ill
• measure

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

A prefix is at the _________ of a word.

• middle
• end
• beginning
• letters

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A