Root Words #1

The root “amble” means:

• to write

• to walk

• to gather

• to speak

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The word ambulance comes from “amble” because it was originally designed to:

• help soldiers sleep

• move patients while walking or driving

• build new colonies

• study humans

The U.S. Constitution begins with a short introduction called a preamble, which means:

• an official ending

• an opening statement before the main text

• a scientific explanation

• a colonial agreement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To somnambulate means:

• to sleepwalk

• to condense words

• to create a colony

• to write a composition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The root “anthro” means:

• human

• walk

• build

• dense

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The study of humans and their cultures is called:

• anthropoid

• anthropology

• condensation

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

An ape is sometimes described as anthropoid because:

• it walks in its sleep

• it looks and behaves similar to humans

• it can condense water

• it builds colonies

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

A cartoon character with human traits, like a talking dog, is an example of being:

• anthropomorphic

• colonial

• dense

• decomposed

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The root "colonus" means:

• to settle

• to sleep

• to walk

• to study

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

A colony is:

• a condensed liquid

• a community settled in a new land

• a scientific root word

• a type of composition

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C