Root Words

What root word means "to speak"?

• act

• dic, dict

• dur

• fac, fact

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which root word means "to throw"?

• vert

• ject

• cred

• mit

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which root word means "to see"?

• phon

• vis/vid

• aud

• graphy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which root word means "to hear or listen"?

• phon

• vis/vid

• aud

• graphy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

When I read a story, I like to ___________ what the characters look like.

• visualize

• visionary

• audience

• vista

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

A noun meaning "a group of people who listen to a performance":

• audience

• vista

• audible

• cacophony

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

The greek root "path" (ex: sympathy) means...

• talking & singing

• sleeping & breathing

• feeling & suffering

• digging & planting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

"Pathology" is the study of...

• happiness

• ideas

• minerals

• disease

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The root word "ject" (ex: objection, projectile) means...

• feeling or suffering

• to throw

• break, burst

• measure

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Audible (root word: aud) means able to be...

• touched

• seen

• heard

• smelled

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B