Students practice combining prefixes with roots and match roots to example words. Part A has nine fill-in-the-blank problems about de- with struct, trans- with port, and re- with construct. Part B is a matching activity pairing port, struct, graph, and bio to biology, transport, construction, and autograph.
Prefix-plus-root combination practice is the critical step between knowing individual root meanings and decoding multi-part words.
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Greek and Latin Roots
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The prefix "de-" means to undo, so "destruct" means to tear down.
2. The prefix "trans-" means across, so "transport" means to carry across .
3. Adding "re-" to "construct" creates reconstruct, which means to build again .
4. The prefix "tele-" combined with "vision" gives us television, meaning seeing from far .
5. The prefix "im-" in "import" means in , so import means to carry in.
6. An autobiography combines three roots: auto means self, bio means life, and graph means write .
7. The prefix "ex-" means out, so "export" means to carry out .
8. The word "portable" uses the root "port" and means able to be carried .
9. A microscope uses the root "scope" meaning to look, and "micro" meaning small .
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
port (carry)
→ Transport
Biology
struct (build)
→ Construction
Transport
graph (write)
→ Autograph
Construction
bio (life)
→ Biology
Autograph
Greek and Latin Roots
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The prefix "de-" means to undo, so "destruct" means to tear down.
2) The prefix "trans-" means across, so "transport" means to carry across .
3) Adding "re-" to "construct" creates reconstruct, which means to build again .
4) The prefix "tele-" combined with "vision" gives us television, meaning seeing from far .
5) The prefix "im-" in "import" means in , so import means to carry in.
6) An autobiography combines three roots: auto means self, bio means life, and graph means write .
7) The prefix "ex-" means out, so "export" means to carry out .
8) The word "portable" uses the root "port" and means able to be carried .
9) A microscope uses the root "scope" meaning to look, and "micro" meaning small .
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
port (carry)
→ Transport
Biology
struct (build)
→ Construction
Transport
graph (write)
→ Autograph
Construction
bio (life)
→ Biology
Autograph
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