Transcript Word Structure

Greek and Latin Roots
Word Structure
geography
dislocate
manufacture
locality
evacuate
allocate
benefactor
graphic
populated
photograph
location
vacate
popular
vacant
population
graphite
vacancy
factory
vacation
autograph
Bonus Words:
facsimile
vacuum
Word Structure
Line 1
light
saw
school
present
Line 2Homographs
wake
forgive
are words
that have thebecome
same spellingtake
but have
different meanings and origins and sometimes different
Line 3 photographs
photocopy
How is thephotosynthesis
pastpronunciations.
tense and pastphotometer
participle formed
regular
verbs?
What is the differencewith
between
homographs
and multipleLine 4The
graphic
telegraph
autograph
graphology
prefix photois
from
the
Greek
root
meaning
“light.”
What
is
the
past
tense
of
these
verbs?
meaning
words?
woke, forgave, became, took
isisthe
pastthe
participle
oftaken
the
verbs? “to write.”
woken,
forgiven,
become,
The root wordWhat
graph
from
Greek
root
meaning
Root words were formed
from words of other
languages, such as Greek and
Latin.
Understanding and
identifying root words and
their meanings can help you
spell may new words.
Here are some roots in the
spelling words and their
meanings.
loc = place
fac = make or do
graph = write
pop = people
vac = empty
photo= light
man= hand
bene= well or good
aut or auto = self or same
geo = earth