Module 1- Word-Building Strategy Flashcards
Word-Building Strategy
What is the root of import, export, transport, and support?
Port
The words suffix, prefix, affix, and fixation have fix as their ___
Root
Wha is the root in tonsillitis, tonsillectomy, and tonsillar?
Tonsil
Using two ore more of the following words, create meaningful compound words: over, hang, under, grand, stand, wear, come, out
Overhang, overcome, understand, grandstand, outcome
Is teaspoon a compound word? Why?
Yes- Two words are combined to make a meaningful compound term
Here are two compound terms: Microscope, Telecast.
1. What are the word roots?
2. What are the combining forms
- Micr, Tel
- Micr/o, Tel/e
What is the combining form in each of the following words?
1. Phonograph
2. Gastroenteric
3. Laryngospasm
- Phon/o
- Gastr/o
- Laryng/o
The combining form in compound words us made up of a ____ plus a ____
- A word root
- Vowel
In tel/e/graph and tel/e/phone the root plus a vowel are necessary to make these compound words. What is this special form called?
A combining form
Two roots may join together but one of them will be in a special form called the ____
Combining form
Compound terms may be composed of which of the following?
1. Two or more whole words
2. A whole word and a word root
3. A word root combining form and a word
All of the above
What kind of words are these: Microfilm and telecommunication?
What word parts of these terms made of?
- Combining terms
- A combining form (root+vowel), a whole word
Micr/o/scop/ic
Combining form ____
Ending ____
Root ____
Another root word ____
Combining form is micr/o
Ending is -ic
Root is micr-
Another root word is scop-
There are two word roots in microscopic. The root micr is in the combining form because it is attached to a word that begins with a consonant. There is no need to add a vowel to the root scop because the ending -ic begins with a ____
Vowel
Build a term from the combining form electr/o, the word root stat, and the ending -ic
Electrostatic
Hydroelectric:
Electr is the ____
Hydro is the ____
-ic is the ____
Electr is the word root
Hydro is the word
-ic is the ending
Endings change the basic meaning of a root or foundation word. Joe’s job was blasting the rocks. Tejo was blasted by the cannon. The meaning of blast is changed by its ____
Ending
A suffix is a word unit or syllable added to the end of a word or root that alters its meaning and creates a new word. In the words planter, planted, planting, are these endings also suffixes? Why?
Yes because the endings added to the root changed its meaning
You can change the meaning of a word or root by adding a suffix. The suffix “-er” means “one who”. The word “port” means “to carry”. Write the word and explain what it means
Porter- One who carries
-Able is a meaningful unit added to the end of a word, creating a new word. So -able is a ____
Suffix
A prefix is a meaningful unit joined to the beginning of a word or root that creates a new term. In the words, implant, supplant, and transplant, the prefixes are ____
Im-, sup-, trans-
In the word dis/please, dis- is a meaningful unit that comes before the word and changes the meaning of please; dis- is a ____
Prefix
Label the units in this word: Unmanageable
Un - Prefix
Manage - Root
Able - Suffix
A suffix or a prefix is called a meaningful unit because when it is attached or added to a root or word it changes the ____ of the ____
meaning // word
Explain why -itis in tendonitis is called a suffix
-Itis is a word unit added to the end of a word altering its meaning
The fundamental base from which meaningful terms grow or are formed
Root
A meaningful word or unit placed in front of a root or word
Prefix
A syllable or word part joined to the end of a root or word that changes its meanining
Suffix
When a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) is added to a word root, the word part resulting is called the ____
combining form
When two or more word roots combine to form a meaningful word, the word is called a ____
Compound word
