English 9

*Basics of Writing and Grammar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

GRAMMAR VIDEO

WORD ORIGINSMany words today are taken from ___________roots. In fact many

science terms are ____________ from company Greek words.

GREEK

BIO

ENGLISH

GREEK

DYNAMO, DYNAMIC

ENGLISH

GREEK

ECO

ENGLISH

GREEK

ERGON

ENGLISH

GREEK

GEO

ENGLISH

GREEK

HYDRO

ENGLISH

GREEK

PHOTO

ENGLISH

GREEK

TELE

ENGLISH

GREEK

THERMO

ENGLISH

GREEK

ZOO

ENGLISH

GREEK

LOGY, OLOGY

ENGLISH

GREEK

GRAPHY

ENGLISH

GREEK

METRY, METRIC

ENGLISH

GREEK

OSIS

ENGLISH

GREEK

OTIC, OTICS

ENGLISH

MANY ENGLISH WORDS HAVELATIN ROOT WORDS

Latin Root Meaning English Translation

Dicere Dic, dict

Videre Vid, vis

Mittere Mit, miss

Audire Audio

Scribere Scrib

Specere Spec

Radius Radio

Labor Labour

ducere Duct, duce

purare put

Prefixes/Suffixes

A prefix is ________to the beginning of a base word and it has the ________ to ________ the meaning of the base word.

Prefix

Con-, com-

Meaning

Prefix

De-

Meaning

Prefix

dis

Meaning

Prefix

In, il, im, ir, un

Meaning

Prefix

mis

Meaning

Prefix

post

Meaning

Prefix

pre

Meaning

Prefix

re

Meaning

Prefix

sub

Meaning

The following words contain prefixes.

1. Write the meaning of each word.2. Use each word in a sentence.

• Disapproval• Revisit• Repay• Preregister• Substandard• Postwar• Misgovern• Decentralize• Conjoin• irreplaceable

PRACTICE

SuffixesA suffix is added to the end of a base word and has the power to change the meaning of a word. Below is a list of suffixes…

• Able• Al• Ed• Ful• Ing• Ly• ment

IdiomsIdioms are common phrases that have different ________ than their _________ context. They are similar to ____________ where you cannot take their meaning in a literal way.

For example: