Benchmark 4th Grade Roots and Affixes

What is the meaning of the following root/affix?

-ity/ty

• from Latin.... meaning across.

• describes a quality or condition.

• adds a sense of under

• adds a sense of wrong

What is the meaning of the following root/affix?

mis -

• adds a sense of wrong.

• from Greek, meaning self.

• from Greek meaning far away.

• from Latin meaning field.

What is the meaning of the following root/affix?

sub

• from Greek meaning to write.

• adds a sense of wrong to meaning.

• describes an action or a result of an action.

• adds a sense of under to meaning.

What is the meaning of the following root/affix?

-ment

• adds a sense of under to the meaning.

• from Greek, meaning to write.

• describes an action or the result of an action.

• from Latin, meaning across.

What is the meaning of the following root/affix?

auto-

• from Greek, meaning to measure.

• from Latin meaning field.

• from Greek, meaning self.

• from Latin, meaning across.

What is the meaning of the following root/affix?

graph

• from Greek, meaning to write.

• from Latin, meaning field.

• from Latin, meaning to carry.

• from Greek, meaning to measure.

What is the meaning of the following root/affix?

meter

• from Greek, meaning far away

• describes an action or the result of an action.

• describes a quality or condition.

• from Greek meaning to measure.

What is the meaning of the following root/affix?

trans

• describes a quality or condition.

• from Greek, meaning to measure.

• from Latin, meaning across.

• adds a sense of under.

What is the meaning of the following root/affix?

agri-

• describes a quality or condition.

• from Latin, meaning field.

• from Latin, meaning across.

• adds a sense of wrong to the meaning.

The definition of a root word is a _______________ word.