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6th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 12

Roots & Analogies

Greek and Latin word parts

What your child practices

Using Greek and Latin roots (like “geo,” “aud” and “port”) to work out unfamiliar words, and completing analogies that compare word relationships.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 6.27; 6.R2 · Greek and Latin roots and analogies

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Greek and Latin roots help with new words: geo (earth), aud (hear), port (carry), micro (small), therm (heat).
  2. An analogy compares two pairs that share the same relationship.
  3. Say the first pair’s link as a sentence, then use it on the second pair.

Example: Complete the analogy: puppy is to dog as kitten is to ___. A puppy is a young dog. A kitten is a young… Answer: cat

Roots & Analogies in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 7 of 12 in 6th grade English Language Arts, after Commas & Clauses and before Punctuation Power.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Use the roots: what does “audible” most likely mean?

    • hard to believe
    • loud enough to be heard
    • able to be carried
    • easy to see

  2. Question 2

    The Latin root “aud” appears in audio and auditorium. What does it mean?

    audaudio · auditorium
    • life
    • hear
    • heat
    • foot

  3. Question 3

    Complete the analogy.

    warm : hot :: cool :

    • warm
    • breeze
    • sweater
    • cold

  4. Question 4

    Which word has a root that means “write”?

    • astronomy
    • astronaut
    • biography
    • dehydrated

  5. Question 5

    The Greek root “phon” appears in telephone and saxophone. What does it mean?

    phontelephone · saxophone
    • look
    • sound
    • light
    • good

  6. Question 6

    Which word has a root that means “land”?

    • automatic
    • project
    • cyclone
    • terrain

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