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Spelling List 4: Greek and Latin Roots — Answers

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Spelling List 4: Greek and Latin Roots — Answers

Part A: Your words

Many English words are built from Greek and Latin roots. Greek: tele = far, scope = look at, phone = sound, graph = write, bio = life, auto = self, photo = light, micro = small. Latin: port = carry, spect = look, dict = say, vis = see, trans = across, ex = out, pre = before, contra = against. Write each word three times and draw a line between its parts (tele | scope).

1.Write the word three times: telephone

Answer: telephone

2.Write the word three times: telescope

Answer: telescope

3.Write the word three times: television

Answer: television

4.Write the word three times: autograph

Answer: autograph

5.Write the word three times: biography

Answer: biography

6.Write the word three times: photograph

Answer: photograph

7.Write the word three times: microscope

Answer: microscope

8.Write the word three times: transport

Answer: transport

9.Write the word three times: portable

Answer: portable

10.Write the word three times: export

Answer: export

11.Write the word three times: inspect

Answer: inspect

12.Write the word three times: spectator

Answer: spectator

13.Write the word three times: dictionary

Answer: dictionary

14.Write the word three times: predict

Answer: predict

15.Write the word three times: contradict

Answer: contradict

Part B: Fill the gap

Choose the word from your list that fits each sentence and write it in the gap.

16.Grandma still has a (answer space) on the kitchen wall.

Answer: telephone

17.Through the (answer space), we could see the rings of Saturn.

Answer: telescope

18.We watched the game on (answer space).

Answer: television

19.The football player signed his (answer space) on my program.

Answer: autograph

20.I read a (answer space) of Sam Houston for my history project.

Answer: biography

21.Mom took a (answer space) of us sitting in the bluebonnets.

Answer: photograph

22.Under the (answer space), the drop of pond water was full of tiny living things.

Answer: microscope

23.Trucks and trains (answer space) cattle and cotton across Texas.

Answer: transport

24.A (answer space) speaker is easy to carry to the park.

Answer: portable

25.Texas farms (answer space) cotton to other countries.

Answer: export

26.The health inspector came to (answer space) the cafeteria kitchen.

Answer: inspect

27.Every (answer space) in the stadium stood for the national anthem.

Answer: spectator

28.Look up the meaning of the word in a (answer space).

Answer: dictionary

29.Weather forecasters try to (answer space) when storms will arrive.

Answer: predict

30.His story seemed to (answer space) what his sister had said.

Answer: contradict

Part C: Use the word

Write your own sentence for each word. Check your spelling when you finish.

31.Write a sentence using telescope.

Model answer: Through the telescope, the moon's craters looked close enough to touch.

Any sentence that uses "telescope" correctly and spells it correctly is acceptable.

32.Write a sentence using biography.

Model answer: Her biography tells how she became a famous scientist.

Any sentence that uses "biography" correctly and spells it correctly is acceptable.

33.Write a sentence using microscope.

Model answer: We looked at an onion skin under the microscope.

Any sentence that uses "microscope" correctly and spells it correctly is acceptable.

34.Write a sentence using portable.

Model answer: The portable fan kept us cool at the baseball game.

Any sentence that uses "portable" correctly and spells it correctly is acceptable.

35.Write a sentence using spectator.

Model answer: Each spectator cheered when the bull rider stayed on for eight seconds.

Any sentence that uses "spectator" correctly and spells it correctly is acceptable.

36.Write a sentence using predict.

Model answer: Can you predict what will happen in the next chapter?

Any sentence that uses "predict" correctly and spells it correctly is acceptable.

Part D: Test yourself

Ask a parent to read each word aloud. Write each word without looking at your list, then check your answers together.

37.Listen and write word 1: (answer space)

Answer: telephone

38.Listen and write word 2: (answer space)

Answer: telescope

39.Listen and write word 3: (answer space)

Answer: television

40.Listen and write word 4: (answer space)

Answer: autograph

41.Listen and write word 5: (answer space)

Answer: biography

42.Listen and write word 6: (answer space)

Answer: photograph

43.Listen and write word 7: (answer space)

Answer: microscope

44.Listen and write word 8: (answer space)

Answer: transport

45.Listen and write word 9: (answer space)

Answer: portable

46.Listen and write word 10: (answer space)

Answer: export

47.Listen and write word 11: (answer space)

Answer: inspect

48.Listen and write word 12: (answer space)

Answer: spectator

49.Listen and write word 13: (answer space)

Answer: dictionary

50.Listen and write word 14: (answer space)

Answer: predict

51.Listen and write word 15: (answer space)

Answer: contradict

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