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Grades 5–8 Language · Greek and Latin Roots

Greek Roots

Greek Roots worksheet for Grades 5 to 8: choose what the root means in seven words, then find the word whose root has a given meaning in three more. Every word is a real word, with an answer key.

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Use Greek and Latin roots such as graph, photo, geo, scrib and port to work out the meaning of new words, and group words that share a root.

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  • Have the child underline the prefix or suffix, then find the base word or root.
  • Have the child put the meanings together in order: un- plus happy is not happy.
  • Make a word web for one root: port in transport, export and portable.

Common mistakes

  • Seeing a prefix in a word that does not have one, such as "re" in "ready".
  • Changing the spelling of the base word when it does not change, as in "disatisfied". Dis plus satisfied keeps both s letters.
  • Mixing up prefixes that look alike, such as pre- (before) and pro- (forward).

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