Download Greek Word Generator Worksheet astron cosmos, cosm crat, cratic

GreekWordGeneratorWorksheet
usingGreekwordparts(combiningforms)
GenerallyBeginning
astron auto
bio chron dem,demos hydro micro
peri
poly
sym,syn
tele
thermo
theos,theo
MyGreekWords:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Either
GenerallyEnding
cosmos,cosm
graph meter,metr morph
naut
phon,phone
crat,cratic,cracy
logy,ology
nomy,onomy
MakeyourownGreekwords
usingthepartsabove.
astron+nomy=astronomy
cosmos+ology=cosmology
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LatinWordEndingExercise
Figureoutwhatmainpartofspeecheachwordendingtypeisintheexercisebelow.(Eachgroupof
wordsinthisexercisewillhavenoexceptions,theywillallbethesametypeofword.)Thewordsin
eachgroupwillbeoneofthe4typesofspeechdescribedbelow.
Noun:person,place,thing,idea
Adjective:describesanounorpronoun
Verb:action,occurrence,orstateofbeing
Adverb:modifiesaverb
Ending
ExampleWords
PartofSpeech
1
tion/
sion
proclamation
recession
election
nation
infraction
2
ive
comprehensive
progressive
excessive
defensive
lucrative
decisive
3
ture
nature
feature
future
adventure
infrastructure
culture
Ending ExampleWords
PartofSpeech
4
ial
essential
perennial
terrestrial
arterial
industrial
special
artificial
5
ious
serious
industrious
rebellious
glorious
judicious
6
uous
ambiguous
conspicuous
virtuous
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PhonicsofWordOrigin
Letter
Vowels
OldEnglish
Many2letter:AI,AY,EE,
EA,OU,OO,etc.
Latin
MostlysinglevowelsOR
vowelsdividebetween:
IO,UE,UA,IU,IE,etc.
French
Afew2lettervowelsAND
also3lettervowels(EAU)
LongOatend
usually-OW
usually-O
Greek
Mostlysinglevowels
butafew2letter
(AU,EU);afewdivide
between
usually-O
LongEatend
usually-Y
usually-IE
usually-Y
I
usuallyshortorlong
IaslongE
IasLongE
oftenspelledwithaY
OU
OUas"OU"inouch
OUas"OO"insoup
Consonants
manytogether:CK,NK,
NG,NCH,NT,SW,WH
PHas"F"
CH
CHas"CH"
CHas"SH"
CHas"K"
GN
SilentGasingnat,sign
Silentletters
Letterteams,1silent:
Usuallybothpronounced SpanishLLsoundasin
asinsignal
chignon,vignette
Singleletterssilent:
WR_,KN_,MB,GN
Hatbeginning
RH_,MN
Singleletterssilent:
Satend
PN_,PS_,PT_
T,O,occasionallyothers
G,J
endingJspelled-DGE
endingJspelled-DU
QU
usually"KW"
either"KW"or"K"
GEasZHsoundasin
garage
usually"K"
General
Sounds"harsh,"clunky
Romancesound
Romance+nasalvowels
Medium"harsh,"
Manycommonwords
Science,medicine
"Stuffy"formofwords
Science,theology
Other
-TUasin-TURE,-TIAL
-ILLE,-ETTE,-ARRE,etc.
-SIasin-SION
-ETaslongA
-TIasin-TION
-OTaslongO
-EUR,-QUE,-GUE
letterteams,1silent:
Thesewordsareinscrambledorder.Thereare5wordsfromeachlanguageoforigin,puttheminthe
correctrowusingthechartaboveforhelp.Somewordsmaybeintheircorrectrow,butmanyarenot!
punctuation
radian
adventure
wrong
anaglyph
philosophy
layette
crevesse
good
touche
church
morphology
entrepreneur
avian
psychokinesis
think
educate
rhodium
days
beauty
OldEnglish
Latin
French
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WordOriginChallenge
Yourwordoriginchallenge:Write3sentencesaboutasimilartopicusing1.wordsofmainlyOldEnglish(O.E.)origin
2.wordsofmainlyLatin(L.)origin3.wordsofmainlyGreek(Gk.)origin.Hereisanexample:
1.IlovetostudyEnglish,itsspeechsoundsandhowtheunderlyinglettersoundspellingpatternsarewrittenandspoken.[O.E.]
2.Linguisticsinvestigateslanguage,itscontrastsandcadences,explanationsofpronunciation,itsverbaltransformationsand
areasofpersistence.[L.]
3.Phonicsisapragmaticmethod;asynthesisofphonologyandorthography;therhymeandmeterofthealphabetasaphonetic
symbolsystem.[Gk.]
ExtraCredit:Write3completeparagraphsorashortstoryusingthe3differentlanguagesoforigin.TheWordorigin
choicegridbelowcanbeusedtohelp.Also,onceyouhaveasubjectinmind,useadictionarythatincludeswordoriginand
lookuptheoriginofwordsrelatedtoyoursubject.Somewordshaverootsfrommultiplesources,forexample,storyis
fromMiddleEnglishstorieandLatinhistoriaandsocanbeusedineitherorbothOldEnglishorLatinsentences.
WordOriginChoiceGrid
OldEnglish
dirt,earth
tale,story
gift
father,fatherly
plant
town
learner,pupil
chicken,hen
dog,hound
spider
time,timeline
plot
drawing
love
healer
belly
ship,boat,sailboat
aware
endoftheworld
tostandfor
green
old
kingly
smell
big
small,little
cleanliness,clean,wash,purify
former,before
friendly,kindred,agreeable
eat,snack
seasickness,queasiness
leaving,departure
speak,talk
run
Latin
terrain
story,legend,parable,history
present
paternal
flower
city
pupil,student
poultry,aviarist
canine
insect
temporal
map
picture
amorous
doctor
abdomen,stomach
maritime
cognizant
completedisaster
representation
verdant
ancient
royal
odor
immense
minute,diminutive
purify,sanitary,sanitation
previous,prior
agreeable,amicable
consume,ingest
vomiting
departure
soliloquy
exercise
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geography
parable,history,myth
treasure
patriarch
botany
metropolis
scholar
ornithology,zoology
cynology,zoology
arachnid
chronology,chronological
cartography
graphics
agape
physician
stomach
nautical
phycology,psyche
apocalypse
symbolic
chlorophyll
archaic,geriatric
aristocratic
aroma
gigantic
micro,microscopic
hygiene
anachronism,prologue
empathetic,sympathetic,harmony
gastronomy
nausea
exodus
rhetoric,dialogue
calisthenics,gymnastics
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WordOriginChallenge
1.OldEnglishsentence:
2.Latinsentence:
3.Greeksentence
Examplewordoriginhint--selectafewrelatedwordsforeach,thenmakea
sentence:
1.OEtale,old,boat=Thisisataleofanoldboat.
2.Latinlegend,ancient,maritime=Anancientmaritimelegendexists.
3.Greekmyth,archaic,nautical=Thearchaicmythisnautical.
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AnswerstoLanguageWorksheets
PossibleanswerstoGreekWordGeneratorWorksheet,page1.(Othersarepossible,studentscaneven
createnewwordsthatarenotcurrentlywords!)
astronomy,autograph,biology,chronometer,democratic,hydrometer,micrometer,perimeter,
polygraph,symmetry,telegraph,telephone,thermometer,theology,cosmology,graphic,
metrical,morphemic,nautical,phonology
AnswerstoLatinWordEndingExercise,page2:
Ending ExampleWords PartofSpeech
Ending ExampleWords
PartofSpeech
1
proclamation
noun
4
essential
adjective
tion/
recession
ial
perennial
sion
election
terrestrial
nation
arterial
infraction
industrial
special
artificial
2
comprehensive
adjective
5
serious
adjective
ive
progressive
ious
industrious
excessive
rebellious
defensive
glorious
lucrative
judicious
decisive
3
nature
noun
6
ambiguous
adjective
ture
feature
uous conspicuous
future
virtuous
adventure
infrastructure
culture
AnswerstoPhonicsofWordOrigin,page3:
OldEnglish
Latin
French
Greek
church
punctuation
beauty
philosophy
think
radian
layette
morphology
wrong
adventure
crevesse
rhodium
good
avian
entrepreneur
psychokinesis
days
educate
touche
anaglyph
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