Root Words and Meanings

auto- (prefix)

Example Words: autograph, autopilot, automatic, autobiography

• Meaning: around

• Meaning: self

• Meaning: together

• Meaning: both

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Examples below: Choose matching definition

• an affix that is added at the end of the word (root) that changes its original meaning and/or part of speech (noun, adjective, verb)

• Meaning: opposite, reverse/undo, or against

• A group of letters attached to the beginning or the end of a word. There are two types of affixes: prefixes and suffixes.

• Three meanings: down, from, or away

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A word part that contains the central meaning of the word is a

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root

• Verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the root "multi" mean?

• thrown

• two

• life

• many

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does the root "chron" mean?

• time

• minute

• hour

• day

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does the root "meter" mean?

• measure

• money

• time

• around

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does the root "graph" mean?

• write

• speak

• sing

• hear

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

The root word meter means

• to measure something in length

• to measure something in weight

• to measure something in height

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

The root word milli means

• your youngest little baby sibling

• 1/1,000

• 1/100

• 1,000

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the prefix "geo" mean?

• earth

• sky

• sun

• around

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A