Top Twenty Word Roots

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Top Twenty Word Roots

• Learn the Most Used Word Roots

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What are word roots?

• Word roots are core words with meaning.
• Many academic word roots in English are of Latin
  and Greek.
• The top twenty word roots are used in thousands
  of words.
• The top twenty word roots open thousands of word
  meanings.

Is the word work always a noun?
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Why Learn Word Roots?

• The top twenty English word roots represent 80
  of the most used academic words.
• Learning the top twenty roots can improve student
  reading skills.

Dont feel like a dummy learn the top word
roots.
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Top Five Word Roots

• Anthropo man anthropology
• Bio life biology
• Cardio heart cardiac
• Cede go precede
• Demos people democracy

Are biology and nature the same?
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Can you use the word roots?

• Use biology, success, cardiology, democracy, and
  anthropology.
• The study of people is called __.
• The study of life is called __.
• The study of the heart is called __.
• To do well is to have __.
• Is China communist or a __?

Who really has the power in the USA government
or corporations?
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Next Top Word Roots

• 6. Dyna power dynamic, dynamite
• 7. Geo earth geology, geographic
• 8. Hydro water hydroelectric, hydrolyzed
• 9. Ject throw eject, reject
• 10. Magni great magnify, magnificent

Does the coyote get hurt with the dynamite?
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Can you use the word roots?

• Use dynamic, reject, hydrant, geology, and
  magnify.
• A powerful person is also __.
• To throw something out is to __ it.
• To make something larger is to __ it.
• The study of earth is called __.
• A source of water is a __.

What did the man magnify?
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Five More Top Word Roots

• 11. Manu hand manuscript, manual
• 12. Mono one monologue, monorail
• 13. Ortho straight orthodox, orthopedic
• 14. Ped foot pedestrian, pedestal
• 15. Psycho mind psychology, psychologist

Do judges accept psychological reasons for
driving to fast?
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Can you use the word roots?

• Use monograph, manual, orthodox, pedestal, and
  psychology.
• Where is the drivers __?
• Who is standing on the __?
• Which church is __?
• Which one wrote the __?
• Who is learning __?

Do sociologists watch what other people do?
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Can you use the word roots?

• 16. Pyro fire pyromaniac, pyre
• 17. Script write manuscript, script
• 18. Terra earth extraterrestrial
• 19. Thermo heat thermal
• 20. Zoo animal zoology, zodiac

Can zoo monkeys drive escape vans?
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Can you use the word roots?

• Use pyre, script, ET, thermal, zodiac.
• Can you write __?
• Do you believe in __?
• How is the __ temperature?
• Are there animals in the __?
• Is it a fire or a __?

Can the boy really control the fire?
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Learn these academic words.

• Use regulation, aspect, institute, resident, and
  legislation.
• The __ of a place live there.
• To __ something is to begin it.
• An __ of learning is memorization.
• Rules and __ must be followed.
• The making of laws is called __.

Have you learned these words yet?