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Vocabulary Strategy: Greek Roots
• A root is a word part that contains the core meaning
of the word
• Root: Biblio; Meaning: Book
• Example: bibliomania- a love of collecting and
possessing books
Write the sentences below. Use roots and context clues
to fill in the blank with one of the following words:
(Bibliophobia; Bibliology)
1. You can discover when the first book was
printed when you study
.
2. Nick hates doing his summer reading. He has
.
Vocabulary Strategy: Greek Roots
• A root is a word part that contains the core meaning
of the word
• Root: circ; Meaning: around
• Example: circle- a round shape that has no beginning
or end
Write the sentences below. Use roots and context clues
to fill in the blank with one of the following words:
(Circumference; Circuit)
1. We measured the
of the
basketball.
2. Each year, the earth completes a
around the sun.
Vocabulary Strategy: Greek Roots
• A root is a word part that contains the core meaning
of the word
• Root: graph; Meaning: to write
• Example: paragraph- a part of writing that usually
deals with one subject
Write the sentences below. Use roots and context clues
to fill in the blank with one of the following words:
(Autograph; Seismograph)
1. A
records how much the
earth moves during an earthquake.
2. The athlete wrote his
on the
baseball after the game.
Vocabulary Strategy: Greek Roots
• A root is a word part that contains the core meaning
of the word
• Root: micro; Meaning: small
• Example: microorganism- any living thing too small to
been seen.
Write the sentences below. Use roots and context clues
to fill in the blank with one of the following words:
(Microscope; Microphone)
1. In science class, we used a
to
look at tiny cells.
2. The
made her soft voice
sound much louder.
Vocabulary Strategy: Greek Roots
• A root is a word part that contains the core meaning
of the word
• Root: spec; Meaning: to see
• Example: perspective- the way one looks at
something.
Write the sentences below. Use roots and context clues
to fill in the blank with one of the following words:
(Inspect; Spectacles)
1. The driver needed to
every
part of the car before the race.
2. The man needed to put on his
in order to read the paper.