Root Words

Which root word means to throw?

• vert

• ject

• cred

• mit

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

root word meaning to see

• phon
• vis/vid
• aud
• graphy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Root word meaning to hear or listen

• phon
• vis/vid
• aud
• graphy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

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

• visualize

• visionary

• audience

• vista

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

a noun meaning a group of people who have listen to a performance

• audience
• vista
• audible
• cacophony

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Inject, objection, and project come from the root "ject" which means

• feeling, suffering

• to throw

• break, burst

• measure

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

If something is audible, it is able to be...

• touched

• seen

• heard

• smelled

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following latin roots means to see?

• port

• dict

• vis

• vid

This root means "build" or "make up".

• spec

• vent

• struct

• liter

Answer explanation

the root "struct" means "build" or "make up" as in construct (to put together) or destruct (to take down or destroy)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

It is a group of letters placed before the root word.

• prefix

• suffix

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A