Root Study Enrichment

Latin Roots

100

This Latin root word means "to break."

What is "rupt?"

200

This Latin root means "to carry."

What is "port?"

300

This Latin root means "to write."

What is "scrib?"

400

This Latin root means "to see."

What is "spec/t?"

500

This Latin root means "to throw."

What is "ject?"

Greek Roots

100

This Greek root means "light."

What is "photo?"

200

This Greek root means "light."

What is "photo?"

300

This Greek root means "to measure."

What is "meter?"

400

This Greek root means "write, recording or written" and a number of words can be formed from it.

What is "graph?"

500

This isn't a Greek root at all - thus the fact that it is worth 500 points! It is a Latin root that wouldn't fit in the Latin column! So...this root means "to speak" and words like "dictation" have this root in them.

What is "dict?"

Suffixes

100

This suffix means "one who"

What is "ist"

200

This suffix means "to be able to or worthy of"

What is "able or ible?"

300

This suffix means "the study of."

What is "ology?"

400

This suffix means "an extreme fear of something special."

What is "phobia?" For example if you are afraid of fear you have phobophobia!

500

This suffix forms nouns and means "the act, state or theory of..."

What is "ism?" For example: capitalism, criticism

Guess Which One

100

The word "erupt" has this root word in it.

What is "rupt?"

200

The word "portable" has which root word in it?

What is "port?"

300

The word dictator uses which root word?

What is "dict?"

400

Give two examples of words that use the root word "spec" or "spect."

What is respect, disrespect, spectate, spectator, spectacle, retrospective, expect, inspect, prospect, prospective,

500

Which root word does the word "project" contain?

What is "ject?"

What's My Meaning?

100

This word means one who makes art.

What is "artist?"

200

This word means "the study of life."

What is "biology."

300

This word means "able to be heard."

What is "audible?"

400

This word means you have a "fear of light."

What is "photophobia?"

500

This word means that you can measure speed

What is speedometer?