Greek Roots Practice
Insert the missing Greek Root in each blank to complete the word. Use the context clues in each sentence to figure out the missing root.
1. The study of living things is called ______-logy.
2. The woman’s feet felt wonderful after the ______-icure she got at the salon.
3. For each vocabulary word we needed to draw a matching ______-ic.
4. Mr. Scott studies the materials that make up the earth because he is a ______-logist.
5. I know what you are thinking even when we are apart because I am ______-pathic.
6. I want to major in meteoro-______in college so I can be a weatherman.
7. Any material that is dangerous to someone’s life can be considered a ______-hazard.
8. Mr. Bartosiewicz asked us to use the centi-______side of the ruler.
9. The micro-______was not working properly so the audience could not hear the speaker.
10. The _____-estrians who walk through Doylestown should watch out for inattentive drivers.
In the space below, create four sentences like the ones I have created, each with a Greek Root missing. The sentence should reflect the meaning of the missing Greek Root.
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Latin Roots Practice
Insert the missing Latin Root in each blank to complete the word. Use the context clues in each sentence to figure out the missing root.
1. The audience gave a standing ovation to the performers of Aladdin and cheers of “______-ficent” could be heard throughout the auditorium.
2. I wanted to send my best friend a bouquet of daisies so I called my favorite ______-ist.
3. Miss Samoni told us to adjust the ______-scope so we could see the tiny specimen clearly.
4. Ms. McMahon said that as we demonstrated our skill we should ______-ate the steps we made so that the people who could not see our movements could hear what we were doing.
5. As I looked out at the ______-marine colored sea, I could see the pink sliver of the sun disappearing in the distance.
6. My mom warned that my fish would soon perish if I did not change the water in the ______-rium.
7. The generous man made a ______-nimous donation to the charity; the charity said it was the largest they had ever received.
8. I thought the ______-al printed dress looked like a table cloth but my mom just kept saying how much it made her think of spring.
9. The director of the play acted like a ______-ator, always telling the actors what they could or could not do.
10. There is a ______-chip implanted in my cat’s ear that would give my information to anyone who scanned it if my cat ever got lost.
In the space below, sketch a drawing that shows the meaning for three Latin Roots.
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Other Prefixes and Suffixes
Insert the missing prefix or suffix for each sentence.
1. The dia-______of the play revealed so much about the charters that I didn’t need to know what they were thinking!
2. In New York City, the easiest way to get around is using the ______-way because it goes underneath all of the hustle and bustle of the streets.
3. The incent-_____ my parents offered was too good to pass up so I turned my grades around.
4. “You are always there for me,” my friend said, “you are the most reli-______person I know.”
5. The big zit on my forehead was the reason I needed to get _____-takes.
6. After I finished my rough draft, I read through my paper again, making ______-visions as I read.
7. The librar-_____ is the one who orders all the books for the library.
8. Although they are not friends, they act _____-genial to each other when they are together.
In the space below, create 8 sentences like the ones I have created, each with a prefix or suffix from the “Other” list missing from a word in the sentence. Use your list of example words to help you. You may only use prefixes or suffixes that you did not use in the above section!
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Prefixes: Numbers and Amounts
Insert the missing number and/or prefix in each statement.
1. A stop sign is an ______-ogon because it has ______sides.
2. _____-angles are shapes that have ______sides; the three dimensional version of this shape is a pyramid.
3. The mother now needed to come up with five names since she had just given birth to
______-uplets.
4. As opposed to having one activity that each student had to do, we were given ______-ple activities to choose from.
5. When one company in is control of an entire industry, they are considered a ______-poly.
6. The ______legged stand that holds a camera steady is called a _____-pod.
7. A ______-ury includes one hundred years.
8. The girl was always called an “______-achiever” because she always did more than what was asked.
9. The house I just moved into is a _____-plex , otherwise known as a twin.
10. I have been alive for over two ______-cades.
In the boxes below, come up with a graphic that shows the meaning of each prefix. Your graphic can be a number.
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