Greek and Latin Roots in Context
Grade 5 - Reading - Challenge Me
Read the sentence. What does "destruction" mean? "The hurricane left a trail of destruction, with fallen trees and broken fences everywhere."
- a person who watches an event
- a device that makes a voice sound louder
- severe damage that tears something apart
- able to move easily from place to place
Which root is inside "inspect"?
- spect
- chron
- struct
- mob
What does the root "mob" mean?
- time
- heat
- move
- believe
Which phrase from the sentence gives a clue to what "inspect" means? "The mechanic used a flashlight to inspect every wire under the hood before the trip."
- filled the stadium to watch
- so the whole team could hear ... from across the field
- fallen trees and broken fences
- used a flashlight ... closely
Which other word also contains the root "spect" (meaning "look or watch")?
- inspect
- megaphone
- biography
- chronological
Read the sentence. What does "motion" mean? "A sudden motion in the bushes made the campers jump back from the trail."
- the act of moving
- arranged in the order that things happened in time
- a tool that measures temperature
- a written account of a person's life
Which root is inside "thermometer"?
- therm
- chron
- spect
- phon
What does the root "spect" mean?
- life
- look or watch
- build
- time
Which phrase from the sentence gives a clue to what "destruction" means? "The hurricane left a trail of destruction, with fallen trees and broken fences everywhere."
- from the oldest to the newest
- fallen trees and broken fences
- filled the stadium to watch
- so the whole team could hear ... from across the field
The root "phon" means "sound." Using that root, what does "megaphone" mean in this sentence? "The coach shouted through a megaphone so the whole team could hear the play from across the field."
- a written account of a person's life
- a device that makes a voice sound louder
- able to move easily from place to place
- believable and trustworthy