Roots and their meanings
Here are some root words and their meanings. For each one, use dictionary.com or webster.com to locate at least one word that contains the root. If a dictionary is not available, think of words with these roots on your own.
Dur – hard, lasting
Fin – end, limit
Fort – strong
Gram, graph, graphy – write
Ject – throw
Junct – join, bind
Liber – free
Mal, male – bad
Medi – middle
Micro – small
Miss, mit – send
Mono – one
Mort – death
Mot,mov, - move
Oper – work
Path – feel, suffer
Pel, pulse – drive, urge
Phon, phone, phono – sound
Port – carry
Rec, rect, reg – rule
Rid, ris – laugh
Rupt – break
Scrib, script – write
Spec, spect, spic – look, see
Tele – far
Tempor – time
Ten, tent – hold, have
Ter, terr – land, earth
Trib – pay, grant
Uni – one
Vers, verse, vert – turn
Vid, vis – see
Viv – live
Voc, voke – call
Volt, volu, volv – turn, roll
Here you are in the classroom, ready to write. Write a paragraph that begins with “Right now, I’d rather be…”
Be as specific and exact as you can.
Use the comment box to respond to this exercise. You can copy and paste the list of roots and then go beside of each one and leave your words. You can also do it the difficult way and type each root, but why would you want to do things the hard way, right? Make sure you respond to the writing prompt too! Don't forget to leave your first name and first initial of your last name so that I can credit you for your hard work. Thanks and have a great day!
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