Book 5 Vocabulary Lesson 8 Review

Match each root or prefix with its meaning.

• space

• land

• partly or half

• far or distant

• not

In Exercise C of Lessons 5, 6, and 7, you met these roots and prefixes. Match the columns. (You will use one of the letters twice.)

• sea

• not

• instrument

Sort these words, listing each one under its root or prefix. When you finish, add another word that goes with each group. (Look back at the lists of familiar and challenge words for ideas.)

In which two columns do you find words related to seeing or hearing at a distance?

In which column do you find a word for a punctuation mark?

What are the meanings of the two parts of the word telescope?

What are the meanings of the two parts of the word aquamarine?

If you were reading a lesson on punctuation, which word would you see?

• telegraph

• semiprecious

• telescope

• semicolon

• astronomical

In a chapter about the solar system, which two words would you probably meet?

• telegraph

• semiprecious

• telescope

• semicolon

• astronomical

While you are doing a Web search for a report on gems and other valuable stones, which word are you likely to see?

• telegraph

• semiprecious

• telescope

• semicolon

• astronomical