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Latin Greek Roots Spelling
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Latin Greek Roots Spelling
A museum’s word labels have been scrambled. Use roots, prefixes and suffixes to repair them. Read each word carefully: roots can reveal meaning and help you remember spelling.
Decode the roots
Use the root meanings to make sense of each word.
1.Match each root to its meaning: port, bio, agri, nom, aqua.
- port
- bio
- agri
- nom
- aqua
- life
- water
- name
- carry
- field or farm
2.A museum label says that an object is portable. Which meaning of the Latin root port helps explain the word?
- to carry
- life
- water
- name
3.Choose the prefix meaning “under” or “below”. Use it to complete the word for a vessel that travels under the sea: marine.
Build and spell
Look closely at how word parts join. Keep every letter in the right place.
4.Combine the parts to spell the word meaning “able to be carried”: trans + port + able.
5.Complete the museum note with the correctly spelt word: “The packaging is , so it can break down naturally.” (bio + degrad + able)
6.Choose the correctly spelt word meaning “the study of life”.
- biollogy
- biology
- byology
- biologie
7.Choose the suffix to complete agri + cultur + ____ to make an adjective meaning “suitable for farming.”
- -al
- -ible
- -ology
- -ment
Repair the labels
Use spelling patterns and word parts as clues.
8.The label writer made a spelling error: “portabel”. Rewrite the word correctly and identify its suffix.
9.Correct the spelling in this sentence: “The committee will nominatte a guide for the tour.” Write the corrected word.
10.A visitor says, “I disagree with that label.” In disagree, what does the prefix dis- mean?
- not or opposite of
- under
- across
- life
11.Spell-check this set of three museum words by rewriting each one correctly: agricultuer, biodegradible, aquariam.
12.In one or two sentences, explain how knowing a root helped you spell one word from this worksheet. Give the word and name its root and meaning.
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