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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.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 6.L.4; 6.L.5 · 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 Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, 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: Arizona Department of Education

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

    The Greek root “meter” appears in barometer and speedometer. What does it mean?

    meterbarometer · speedometer
    • good
    • self
    • measure
    • empty

  2. Question 2

    Use the roots: what does “thermometer” mean?

    • a tool that measures distance
    • a tool that measures heat (temperature)
    • a tool that measures sound
    • a tool that measures water

  3. Question 3

    Which word has a root that means “light”?

    • photosynthesis
    • automatic
    • symphony
    • geology

  4. Question 4

    Complete the analogy.

    exercise : fitness :: study :

    • knowledge
    • test
    • pencil
    • library

  5. Question 5

    The Greek root “logy” appears in biology and geology. What does it mean?

    logybiology · geology
    • study of
    • hundred
    • circle or wheel
    • life

  6. Question 6

    Complete the analogy.

    warm : hot :: cool :

    • warm
    • breeze
    • cold
    • sweater

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