Using Roots and Affixes

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.3.3A

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

Which word has a root word that means "difficult" in the following sentence? "When the teacher was gone the class was so dysfunctional, that the substitute couldn't get anything accomplished."

• teacher

• dysfunctional

• substitute

• accomplished

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

Which word contains a Latin root that means "to believe"?

• bisect

• credible

• remit

• benefit

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the root in the word "anonymous", which means not to be identified by name?

• ano

• nym

• mous

• nony

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

"Some languages use a circumflex accent above a letter for pronunciation." The word circumflex in the previous sentence comes from a root meaning...

• good, well

• bad, worse

• bend

• break; shatter

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does the word infraction mean in the following sentence? "If Jason has one more infraction, he will be suspended from school."

• a part of a whole

• a broken rule

• easily broken or destroyed

• broken bone

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A