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Assignment 5: Etymology Review

Authored by Kristen Stout

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Assignment 5: Etymology Review
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following ways words come into our language with their definitions:

jamming two words together

borrowing

building new words by adding word parts (prefixes and suffixes) to existing word roots

compounding

words formed by combining the initials or parts of older words together

acronym

the word is borrowed from another one

agglutination

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following:

living room

marketplace

acronym

taser

FID

compounding

unverifiable

disfiguring

agglutination

kimono

bagel

new meaning over time

husband

hazard

loan word

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

3.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Etymology is the study of word ​ (a)   .

origins
spellings

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

4.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Words borrowed from other languages are called ​ (a)   words.

loan
dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A(n) ​ (a)   is a word formed from the initials, or other parts, of several words.

acronym
compound

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An ​ (a)   is building new words by adding word parts to existing word roots.

agglutination
abbreviation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Choose the correct statement:

Sometimes words develop new meanings over time.

Word meanings always stay the same.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

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