Root Words

An autobiography is a book about an author's own life. The word "autobiography" contains the root____________ which means "self"

• aut

• port

• dict

What is the root word that means "carry"?

• photo

• port

• tempo

The word "dictionary" contains the root ___, which means say.

• spec

• port

• dict

What is the root word that means "self"?

• dict

• aut

• spec

_______ means look

• spec

• dict

• tempo

What is the root word that means "say"?

• port

• photo

• dict

My stay at summer camp was temporary and lasted two months. The word "temporary" contains the root______, which means time.

• graph

• tempo

• dict

What root word means "distance"?

• port

• tele

• photo

What root word means "time"?

• tele

• tempo

• spec

The word "telephone" contains the affix __________

• tele

• aut

• dict