Exploring the Root Word 'Auto' and Its Meanings

Exploring the Root Word 'Auto' and Its Meanings

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

6th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Amelia Wright

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The video tutorial introduces Latin and Greek root words, focusing on 'auto' meaning 'self'. It explains how combining 'auto' with other roots forms words like 'automobile', 'autograph', 'autobiography', 'autocrat', and 'automatic', each with distinct meanings related to self-movement, self-writing, life writing, self-rule, and self-will. A fun fact about autopilot in airplanes is also shared.

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the root word 'Auto' mean?

Move

Self

Life

Rule

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word is formed by combining 'Auto' and 'mob'?

Autocrat

Automobile

Autobiography

Autograph

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does 'autograph' mean?

Self-movement

Self-life

Self-writing

Self-rule

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which root word combination means 'write about your life'?

Auto + mob

Auto + crat

Auto + graph

Auto + bio + graphy

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does 'autobiography' mean?

Write about your life

Self-rule

Self-movement

Self-writing

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of 'autocrat'?

Self-rule

Self-life

Self-writing

Self-movement

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does 'automatic' mean?

Self-rule

Self-writing

Self-willed

Self-life