RV.1C & 1G: Identify Word Origins and Derivations

The word described comes from the root scrib that means write. Which words come from the same root as described?

• Detail

• Inscribe

• Scribble

• Design

• Prescribe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Read the following sentence: "We're unplugging, disconnecting, whatever you want to call it." In which word does the prefix dis- have the same meaning as it does in the word disconnecting?

• Distance

• Disappear

• Dishes

• Discussion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The suffix -est means "the most" and the suffix -er can mean "more." Which word means someone who has lived longer than me?

• Old

• Older

• Oldest

• Ancient

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Look at the following related words: revive, vivid, and survivor. Which of the following words in this sentence also come from the same root meaning "alive". "The teacher was so very vivacious that every child was enviable of those lucky enough to be in his class."

• teacher

• vivacious

• very

• enviable

In which words does the root "bio" have the same meaning as it does in "biology"?

• biopsy

• biceps

• bilingual

• antibiotic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

In Spanish, the word creíble means believable. In French, the word crédible means believable. In Italian, the word credibile means believable. Which of the following English words contain a Latin root that means "to believe"?

• bisect

• credible

• remit

• benefit

In which word does the root "port" have the same meaning as it does in "opportunity"?

• portable

• portion

• Portobello

• portrait

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

In which word does the root "spec" have a DIFFERENT meaning than in the word "inspection"?

• respect

• spectacle

• special

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

If you surmount something, you defeat it. What does the root of surmount mean?

• in addition

• over

• not

• together

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In which word does un- have the same meaning as it does in the word unlimited?

• union

• universe

• unexpected

• underneath

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A