Latin&Greek Roots

What is a "root" word?

• Holds the most basic meaning of any word

• A word that has to do with plants

• The beginning of a word

• The first word in a compound word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Where do most roots in the English language come from? (check all that apply)

• Latin

• Greek

• Spanish

• Japanese

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

True or False: roots can only go at the beginning of a word.

• True

• False

What is a suffix?

• A morpheme added at the beginning of a word to form a derivative

• The beginning letters of a word that come before the first vowel

• A morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative

• All of the letters following the first vowel in a word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a prefix?

• A morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative

• A morpheme added at the beginning of a word to form a derivative

• The smallest unit of sound in the spoken English language

• the main part of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of these are considered a suffix?

• Therm

• Re-

• -ment

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the root word of "unhelpful"?

• un

• helpful

• ful

• help

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

"ology" in the word biology is a ________.

• prefix

• suffix

• root word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Adding "-un" to a word changes the meaning to

• not

• more

• less

• to do

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Adding "-est" to a word means

• more

• most

• not

• doing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A