Students fix root definition errors for auto, bio, and graph. Part A corrects three sentences where roots are misidentified — auto as life, bio as self, and graph as to hear. Part B has four fill-in-the-blank questions asking for the meaning of each root. Part C has two short-answer questions applying bio to understanding biology and using all three roots to explain autobiography.
Correcting root definition errors and applying roots to explain word meanings builds both precision and transfer.
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Greek and Latin Roots
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
The root "auto" means "life," so an automobile runs on life.
Rewrite: The root "auto" means "self," so an automobile is a self-moving vehicle.
2. Fix the sentence:
A biography is a book written about your own life because "bio" means self.
Rewrite: A biography is a book written about someone's life because "bio" means life.
3. Fix the sentence:
The root "graph" means "to hear," so a paragraph is something you hear.
Rewrite: The root "graph" means "to write," so a paragraph is a section of writing.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The root "auto" means self .
2. The root "bio" means life .
3. The root "graph" means to write .
4. An autograph is a person's own writing or signature.
Part C: Short Answer
Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1. How does knowing the root "bio" help you understand the word biology?
Since "bio" means life and "-logy" means study of, biology means the study of life and living things.
2. What does the word autobiography mean? Use the roots "auto," "bio," and "graph" to explain.
An autobiography is a book someone writes about their own life. "Auto" means self, "bio" means life, and "graph" means write.
Greek and Latin Roots
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
The root "auto" means "life," so an automobile runs on life.
Rewrite: The root "auto" means "self," so an automobile is a self-moving vehicle.
2) Fix the sentence:
A biography is a book written about your own life because "bio" means self.
Rewrite: A biography is a book written about someone's life because "bio" means life.
3) Fix the sentence:
The root "graph" means "to hear," so a paragraph is something you hear.
Rewrite: The root "graph" means "to write," so a paragraph is a section of writing.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The root "auto" means self .
2) The root "bio" means life .
3) The root "graph" means to write .
4) An autograph is a person's own writing or signature.
★ Part C: Short Answer
Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1) How does knowing the root "bio" help you understand the word biology?
Since "bio" means life and "-logy" means study of, biology means the study of life and living things.
2) What does the word autobiography mean? Use the roots "auto," "bio," and "graph" to explain.
An autobiography is a book someone writes about their own life. "Auto" means self, "bio" means life, and "graph" means write.
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