Exploring the 'Port' Root: Vocabulary Related to Carrying

The video tutorial introduces Latin and Greek root words, focusing on 'port' meaning 'carry'. It explains how different prefixes and suffixes modify the root to form words like 'portable', 'porter', 'export', 'import', 'portage', 'transport', 'deport', and 'reporter'. Each word is defined and contextualized with examples, illustrating how the root 'port' is used in various contexts.

What does the root word 'Port' mean?

• To run

• To write

• To carry

• To speak

What does 'portable' mean?

• Able to be eaten

• Able to be heard

• Able to be seen

• Able to be carried

What is a 'porter'?

• A person who writes

• A person who carries luggage

• A person who cooks

• A person who teaches

What does 'export' mean?

• To carry around the country

• To carry within the country

• To carry out of the country

• To carry into the country

What does 'import' mean?

• To carry out of the country

• To carry into the country

• To carry within the country

• To carry around the country

What does 'portage' refer to?

• The cost to carry something

• The act of writing something

• The cost to buy something

• The act of speaking something

What does 'transport' mean?

• To see across or through

• To speak across or through

• To write across or through

• To carry across or through

What does 'deport' mean?

• To carry someone around the country

• To carry someone into the country

• To carry someone within the country

• To carry someone off or out of the country