This Week in Latin Roots
This Year in Latin Roots
Relationships
Basic Nouns
Nouns Applied
100
acro-
What is high, point, or tip?
100
labor-
What is work?
100
moth:caterpillar::toad:__________
What is tadpole?
100
A noun that names a group of people or things. Examples include class, crowd, family, staff, trio, and team.
What is a Collective Noun?
100
-Our family gathered around the campfire for breakfast. -At night, a pack of wolves howled at the moon. What are the 2 collective nouns in the 2 example sentences above. (One in each sentence)
What is family and pack?
200
culp-
What is blame?
200
mem
What is remember?
200
oval:________::rectangle:square
What is circle?
200
A noun that names one person, one place, one thing, or one idea. (Hint: Just "one")
What is a Singular Noun?
200
A tourist noticed the statues. (Identify the Singular Noun)
What is tourist?
300
per-
What is through?
300
milli-
What is thousandth?
300
$:dollar::&:________
What is and?
300
A noun that names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. (Hint: "More than One")
What is a Plural Noun?
300
The tourists noticed the statue. (Identify the Plural Noun)
What is tourists?
400
brev
What is short?
400
myo-
What is muscle?
400
plot:story::_______:song
What is melody?
400
A noun that shows ownership or relationship. (Example: Corey's camera)
What is a Possessive Noun?
400
Emilys parents met us at the train station. (What correction needs to be made to this sentence. Why?)
What is the possessive noun needs an apostrophe? (Emily's)
500
pugn-
What is fight?
500
vac-
What is empty?
500
limit:boundary::___________:liberty
What is freedom?
500
A noun that is made of two or more words used together as a single noun. (Examples: rooftop, paintbrush, compact disc)
What is a Compound Noun?
500
Dreamland Amusement Park is closed for the winter...Taffy stands are shuttered, no teenagers screaming on the roller coaster,...and at the merry-go-round, the exquisite carousel which has been right here since 1915, the horses are frozen in their classical posture, waiting for another spring. (How many Compound Nouns? List them.)
What is 3 Compound Nouns? (Dreamland, teenagers, merry-go-round)
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