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6th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 17

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 6L4; 6L5; 6L6 · 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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 7 of 17 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

    Complete the analogy.

    carrot : vegetable :: salmon :

    • fish
    • swim
    • pink
    • river

  2. Question 2

    Complete the analogy.

    warm : hot :: cool :

    • warm
    • breeze
    • cold
    • sweater

  3. Question 3

    The Greek root “astro” appears in astronaut and astronomy. What does it mean?

    astroastronaut · astronomy
    • light
    • circle or wheel
    • star
    • sound

  4. Question 4

    Which word has a root that means “hundred”?

    • chronicle
    • centipede
    • barometer
    • dehydrated

  5. Question 5

    Which word has a root that means “build”?

    • vacant
    • structure
    • thermal
    • microwave

  6. Question 6

    Use the roots: what is a “spectator”?

    • a person who speaks at an event
    • a person who watches an event
    • a person who builds stadiums
    • a person who carries equipment

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