Word Roots Pretest

What are Greek and Latin word roots?

• Names of famous cities
• Chemical elements on the periodic table
• Types of vegetables
• Small parts of words that help us understand what bigger words mean

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

How can learning Greek and Latin word roots help us become stronger readers?

• By teaching us how to cook new recipes
• By helping us learn to play musical instruments
• By improving our physical strength and endurance
• By helping us understand the meanings of unfamiliar words and improve our vocabulary.

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the root word in the word 'unhappiness'?

• ness

• un

• happy

• sad

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4C

What does the root word 'bio' mean?

• water

• death

• sky

• life

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Identify the root word in the word 'transportation'.

• transport

• trans

• ation

• port

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the meaning of the root word 'tele'?

• distant

• close

• small

• fast

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

In the word 'replay', what does the prefix 're-' mean?

• before

• around

• again

• remove

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4C

What is the root word in the word 'disappear'?

• reappear

• appear

• dis

• disappear

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

What does the root word 'struct' mean?

• to sing

• to build or to arrange

• to destroy

• to cook

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Identify the root word in the word 'misunderstand'.

• understand

• stand

• mis

• der

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B