Week 9 G/L Roots Quiz (Phon-, -er, -or, -ian, -ist)

A person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazine, etc., or who tells people the news on radio or television.

• reporter

• homophone

• microphone

• phonics

• saxophone

a medical doctor, especially a doctor who is not a surgeon

• physician
• homophone
• microphone
• phonics
• saxophone

a person who lives in a colony; person who helps create a colony

• colonist
• homophone
• microphone
• phonics
• saxophone

a person who had a job or position before someone else; something that comes before something else

• predecessor
• homophone
• microphone
• phonics
• saxophone

a person who plays the piano

• pianist
• homophone
• microphone
• phonics
• saxophone

a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sounds of letters, letter groups, and syllables

• phonics
• homophone
• microphone
• saxophone
• symphony

a device into which people speak or sing in order to record their voices or to make them sound louder

• microphone
• homophone
• phonics
• saxophone
• symphony

a word that is pronounced the same as another word but is different in meaning or spelling

• homophone
• microphone
• phonics
• saxophone
• symphony

a musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing keys with your fingers

• saxophone
• homophone
• microphone
• phonics
• symphony

a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections andis performed by an orchestra or band

• symphony
• homophone
• microphone
• phonics
• saxophone