Students complete nine sentences about the Latin roots port, rupt, vis, and aud — using words like import, portable, eruption, and visible in context. The matching activity pairs transport, disrupt, evidence, and auditorium with their root-based definitions.
Matching four Latin root words to their definitions using root knowledge builds the systematic decoding habit that accelerates vocabulary growth far beyond memorizing individual words.
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Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The Latin root port means "to carry," so to import goods means to carry them into a country.
2. A portable device is one that is easy to carry from place to place.
3. The Latin root rupt means "to break," so a volcanic eruption is a sudden breaking forth of lava.
4. When you interrupt someone who is speaking, you break into their conversation.
5. The Latin root vis means "to see," so something visible can be seen with your eyes.
6. A person with excellent vision can see things clearly from far away.
7. The Latin root aud means "to hear," so an audience is a group of people who listen to a performance.
8. If a sound is audible, it is loud enough to be heard by everyone in the room.
9. To export means to carry goods out of a country to sell them somewhere else.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
transport
→ carry across from one place to another
break apart or throw into disorder
disrupt
→ break apart or throw into disorder
a large room built for audiences to hear performances
evidence
→ something seen or observed that proves a fact
carry across from one place to another
auditorium
→ a large room built for audiences to hear performances
something seen or observed that proves a fact
Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The Latin root port means "to carry," so to import goods means to carry them into a country.
2) A portable device is one that is easy to carry from place to place.
3) The Latin root rupt means "to break," so a volcanic eruption is a sudden breaking forth of lava.
4) When you interrupt someone who is speaking, you break into their conversation.
5) The Latin root vis means "to see," so something visible can be seen with your eyes.
6) A person with excellent vision can see things clearly from far away.
7) The Latin root aud means "to hear," so an audience is a group of people who listen to a performance.
8) If a sound is audible, it is loud enough to be heard by everyone in the room.
9) To export means to carry goods out of a country to sell them somewhere else.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
transport
→ carry across from one place to another
break apart or throw into disorder
disrupt
→ break apart or throw into disorder
a large room built for audiences to hear performances
evidence
→ something seen or observed that proves a fact
carry across from one place to another
auditorium
→ a large room built for audiences to hear performances
something seen or observed that proves a fact
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