Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes

The root word "graph", as in the word "autograph", means what?

• to write or draw

• before

• to see

• against

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The root words "aud" and "audi", as in the word audio, mean what?

• to write or draw

• to see

• to hear

• to throw

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The root words "vis" and "vid", as in the word "video" mean what? 

• to hear

• be able

• to see

• to throw

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

When "Anti" is added to the beginning of a word, what does it mean?

• many

• to throw

• to cause to be 

• against

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The prefix "sub" can be added to the front of a word to mean what?

• in favor of

• under

• poly

• to cause to be

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a prefix? 

• Word part in the middle

• word part at the end

• root word

• word part at the beginning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A suffix goes _______of a word.

• at the beginning

• in the middle

• at the end 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In order to bake a cake, you must first prepare the batter. The prefix pre- means

• after

• before

• until

• move

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A word part added to the beginning of a root or base word

• suffix

• root

• prefix

• base

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

a _______ cannot stand alone

• root

• base

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A