Saturday, May 26, 2012
English Quiz Wednesday :-)
I may have mentioned a vocabulary and pronoun quiz for this Tuesday, but since I didn't put it on my board, I'm going to give it on Wednesday. With that long weekend I'm sure many of you didn't think to bring your vocab home to study. Don't forget the pronouns too!
Monday, May 14, 2012
QUIZ THIS WEEK
Here are the 20 prefixes and suffixes that you'll be quizzed over this Wednesday:
anti- against
bi- two
circum- to go around
dis- deprive, exclude
ex- out of, from, outside
inter- among, between
mis- wrong, incorrect
post- after, later
pre- early, before
sub- under, below
able, ible- capable, fit for
ate- act on, change
graph- written, recorded
ist- one who does something
ism- a belief
ity- quality, state of being
ize- change, alter, treat as
less- without
ory- a place of or for
ous- full of something
anti- against
bi- two
circum- to go around
dis- deprive, exclude
ex- out of, from, outside
inter- among, between
mis- wrong, incorrect
post- after, later
pre- early, before
sub- under, below
able, ible- capable, fit for
ate- act on, change
graph- written, recorded
ist- one who does something
ism- a belief
ity- quality, state of being
ize- change, alter, treat as
less- without
ory- a place of or for
ous- full of something
Friday, May 4, 2012
Reading Quiz next Tuesday
The following Greek and Latin root words will be on a quiz next Tuesday. Make sure you know what they mean in English:
Portare- to carry
Audire- to hear
Spectare- to look at
Volvere- to turn
Scribere- to write
Medicus- doctor
Magnus- great
Medius- middle
Populous- people
Aqua- water
Archaeo- ancient
Biblio- books
Geo- earth, ground
Phobe- fear
Anthropo- human, man
Bio- related to life
Poly- many
Acro- on top; high
Auto- self
Graph- writing; listing
Portare- to carry
Audire- to hear
Spectare- to look at
Volvere- to turn
Scribere- to write
Medicus- doctor
Magnus- great
Medius- middle
Populous- people
Aqua- water
Archaeo- ancient
Biblio- books
Geo- earth, ground
Phobe- fear
Anthropo- human, man
Bio- related to life
Poly- many
Acro- on top; high
Auto- self
Graph- writing; listing
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