Latin Roots
PATER/PATRIS
What is "father"?
LUNA
What is "moon"?
This word literally means "the measurement of Earth."
What is GEOMETRY?
There are 3 types of this part of speech. What specific types are these:
run, think, write, chop, judge
ACTION VERBS
What is the Latin root that means "head"?
What is CAPUT/CAPITIS?
PRO
What is "before, for"?
MEGAS
What is "large, big"?
A word that literally means "between the stars"
What are the TWO root words that form this word?
INTERSTELLAR
inter = between
stella = star
Spain, John, Chicago, California Pizza Kitchen, Mars - these are all examples of what SPECIFIC part of speech?
PROPER NOUNS
What is a dormitory?
What Latin root is this word derived from and what does it mean?
A place for sleeping.
DORMIO/DORMITUM = sleep
VIDEO/VISUM
What is "see"?
Measure
What is METRON?
What is the vocabulary word for "the blue-green color of water"?
What is the root and definition?
AQUAMARINE
This part of speech REPLACES a noun and can be either singular or plural.
Give 3 examples.
PRONOUN
I, she, he, it, they
her, him, them, we, us
What does the word "dendrophile" mean?
What TWO Greek roots is this word derived from, and what do they mean?
What is "Lover of trees"
dendron = tree
philia = love
JUNGO, JUNCTUM
What is "join"?
Far away
What is TELE?
This part of speech includes words that join two parts of a sentence.
What Latin root is it derived from and what is the definition?
CONJUNCTION
JUNGO/JUNCTUM
join, unite, connect
Name the part of speech that is used to describe or modify a noun.
Which word in this sentence serves as this part of speech?
At the end of the concert, the energetic audience cheered loudly in hopes of hearing an encore.
ADJECTIVE
energetic
Name both the Greek and Latin roots that mean "fire"
What is PYRO (G) and IGNIS (L)?
CURRO/CURSUM
What is "run"?
PATHOS
What is "feeling, suffering"?
Prefix and Suffix are two words that are derived from what Latin root? And what is the meaning of the root?
FIGO/FIXUM
fix, fasten, attach
What part of speech does the word in caps belong to?
After the show, we ENTHUSIASTICALLY congratulated the cast members.
ADVERB
Name both the Greek and Latin roots for water
Name one vocabulary word that is derived from each.
What is HYDROS (G) and AQUA (L)?
hydrogen, hydroplane, dehydrate
aquarium, aqueduct, Aquarius
DIGITUS
What is "finger"?
SYN
What is "with, together"?
When something cannot be seen, or is not visible, it is .....
AND what Latin root is this word derived from?
(hint: starts with "v")
INVISIBLE
VIDEO/VISUM
What are the 3 types of VERBS?
Give an example of each.
ACTION: He drove to the library.
LINKING: That seems like a good idea.
HELPING: She was hoping to go to the beach tomorrow.
Complete this sentence:
Mr. Morton is the ______________ of the sentence, and what the _________________ says, he does.
Mr. Morton is the SUBJECT of the sentence, and what the PREDICATE says, he DOES.
DECEM
What is "ten"?
LITHOS
One who cares about his fellow man.
(hint: this word is derived from the Greek root that means love, friendship)
PHILANTHROPIST
What is a group of words that do not contain a subject and a verb called?
Give an example.
PHRASE
walking to the beach on a sunny day
last year at this exact time
This man's name means "one who works the earth; a farmer"
What is GEORGE?
PONO/POSITUM
What is "put"?
KINESIS
What is the words for "the climate of the earth in the tropics"?
AND what Greek root is it derived from?
AND what is the meaning of the root?
TROPICAL
TROPOS
turning
Name as many of the 23 helping verbs as you can.
is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
do, does, did, have, has, had, can, shall, will,
would, could, should, may, might, must
What is the difference between biannual and biennial?
What Latin root are these words derived from? Meaning?
Biannual = occuring twice a year
Biennial = occuring every two years
Annus = year