Practice - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

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Many words in English have ancient Latin or Greek word parts.
Sometimes Latin or Greek word parts create a word family, or a
group of words with a common feature or pattern. For example,
the Greek root geo means “earth.” The words geography, geology,
geographer, geode, geometry, and geometric form a word family
based on the words’ Greek root geo.
Origin Greek Latin Greek Latin Latin
Word part bio dict tele man terr
Meaning life speak far away hand earth
Practice
Look at the Latin and Greek word parts above. Choose the word in
parentheses that best fits with the other two words to form a word family.
Then write the word on the line.
1. bionic biography (biosphere/bicker)
2. dictate dictation (dice/dictionary)
3. telethon telephone (telescope/territory)
4. manner maneuver (manicure/main)
5. diction dictator (decorate/edict)
6. manual manufacture (manuscript/mane)
7. terrarium terrestrial (terrible/terrace)
8. television telegram (telecast/teller)
9. biology biologist (bisect/biographer)
10. telescopic telepathy (telegraph/tale)
At Home: Add as many words as you can to the word
families formed by Latin and Greek word parts.
Hidden Worlds • Grade 5/Unit 6
Vocabulary Strategy:
Use Greek or
Latin Word Parts
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