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Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 6 of 10

Greek and Latin Roots

Word parts that unlock meaning

What your child practises

Learning common Greek and Latin roots (like tele = far, port = carry, rupt = break) and using them to figure out long words such as “spectator” or “interrupt.”

BC Curriculum learning standard: Language features: word patterns and word families, including Greek and Latin roots (tele, graph, port, bio, struct, rupt…)

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 word parts. What does “thermometer” mean?

    thermometer

    therm (heat) + meter (measure)

    • to throw or push something out
    • arranged in time order
    • loud enough to be heard
    • a tool that measures how hot or cold something is
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    a tool that measures how hot or cold something is

    Hint: Put the meanings of the parts together: therm (heat) + meter (measure).

  2. Question 2

    Which word has a root that means “look at”?

    • thermal
    • audible
    • telescope
    • erupt
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    telescope

    Hint: The root “scope” means “look at.” Look for “scope” hiding inside one of the words.

  3. Question 3

    What does the root “vis” mean?

    visvisible · vision · visual
    • self
    • foot
    • see
    • hand
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    see

    Hint: Think about what these words have in common: visible, vision, visual. The root “vis” means “see.”

  4. Question 4

    Which root do all three words share?

    telephone • telescope • television

    • tele
    • manu
    • chron
    • graph
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    tele

    Hint: Look for the letters that appear in all three words. Then think: what do telephone, telescope, television have in common in meaning?

  5. Question 5

    What does the root “aud” mean?

    audaudience · audio · audible
    • write
    • hear
    • small
    • land
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    hear

    Hint: Think about what these words have in common: audience, audio, audible. The root “aud” means “hear.”

  6. Question 6

    Use the word parts. What does “audible” mean?

    audible

    aud (hear) + ible (able to be)

    • having lost too much water
    • loud enough to be heard
    • living or growing in water
    • to say what will happen before it happens
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    loud enough to be heard

    Hint: Put the meanings of the parts together: aud (hear) + ible (able to be).

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