one of the first great maritime (great sailors) civilizations to use an alphabet that resembles our own?
What were the Phoenicians?
100
Why the English stole many words from so many languages.
What is The English/British did not have names for previously unknown things.
100
Which of the following is a prefix?
A. Port B. Cred C. Dis D. Ped
What is Dis
100
The location of a suffix in a word and how it changes a word's meaning.
What is at the end of a word and changes its part of speech and meaning.
100
a word part that contains the main meaning of a word. There can be more than one in a word.
What is a root word.
200
2-3 ways in which Cavemen communicated.
What is Cave painting, body language and grunts.
200
The Viking's contribution to the English language.
What is over 10,000 words.
200
It's located at the front of the word and can add or change on a word's meaning?
What is a prefix.
200
Which of the following is not a suffix?
A. ed B. ness C. ful D. semi
What is semi
200
ject in English.
What means throw in Latin.
300
this empire is responsible for the wide use of Greek and Roman roots and affixes (prefixes and suffixes) in many language today.
What is The Roman Empire.
300
William Shakespeare's contribution to the English language.
What is over 2000 words.
300
Which of the following is a prefix?
A. Per B. Satis C. Cred D. Trans
What is Trans.
300
Add ness to a word and the part of speech of the word becomes...
What is an adjective.
300
the root word -cide in Latin/Greek.
What is to kill.
400
2-3 examples of civilizations that used pictographs.
What are the Ancient Egyptians, the Sumerians and
the Babylonians.
400
a bible that was translated from the original Latin Bible so that everyone in England could understand it?
What is the King James' Bible.
400
The prefix super.
What is above.
400
the definition of the suffix ness.
What means being in a state of.
400
Which of the following is not a root word and what does it mean?
A. Fore B. Mid C. Man D. Dis
What is dis and it means against.
500
Wedge shaped characters that represented letters of an alphabet.
What is Cuneiform?
500
2-3 reasons for why the English changed and added so many names in science.
What is
The Latin terms sounded clumsy and were difficult to pronounce.
The English did not have names for new scientific discoveries.
They needed to name science terms in English, so they could better communicate and understand them.
500
in, im, il, ir
What is not.
500
a word that has the suffix ly at the end of it, and the part of speech the word becomes....
What is an adverb: ran slowly, quickly, etc...
500
Which of the following is a root word?
A. in B. ped C. pro D. fore