Common Core: 5th Grade English Language Arts › Use Common Grade-Appropriate Greek or Latin Affixes and Roots to Determine Word Meanings: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4.B
What does the root word "graph" mean?
Hint: a telegraph was a way to send and write letters to someone far away.
What does the root “vis” mean?
Hint: A television is a machine that uses signals sent from far away to make pictures and sound people can watch.
Select the best definition for the word "cyclometer"
Hint: the root word "cyclo" means circle or wheel.
What does the root “scribe” mean?
Hint: Transcribe means to write down something that is said.
What does the root “geo” mean?
Hint: Geography the study of the physical features of the Earth.
What does the root “tele” mean?
Hint: A telescope is a tool used to look at something far away.
What does the root “auto” mean?
Hint: Autograph means to sign your own name.
What does the root “phon” mean?
Hint: A xylophone is a musical instrument.
What does the root “meter” mean?
Hint: A cyclometer is a tool that measures how many times a wheel spins.
What does the root word "scope" mean?
Hint: A telescope is a tool that is used to look at something that is far away.