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Post by mrsanderson on Mar 14, 2011 9:47:09 GMT
Your homework for next Wednesday (the 23rd March) is to learn the following word roots. You DO NOT have to learn the words in brackets (yet!)
alter other alternate, alter ego
ami, amic- love (amiable, amicable)
ann, enni year (anniversary, annual, biennial, perennial)
aqua, aque water (aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct)
arch chief, leader, ruler (archangel, monarch, archaic, archenemy)
aud sound (auditorium, audible, audiologist, audiotape)
biblio book (bibliography, bibliophile)
bio- life (biography, autobiography, biology, antibiotic)
brev short (brief, abbreviate)
cap take, seize (capture, captivate, capacity)
ced yield, go (recede, secede, proceed, intercede, concession)
chrom- colour (chromatic, monochrome, polychrome)
chron- time (chronicle, chronology, chronometer, synchronize)
cogn know (recognize, cognitive, incognito)
crac, crat (rule, ruler autocrat, democracy, bureaucrat,
democracy)
cred believe (credible, credulous, credibility, credit, credo)
crypt hidden (cryptogram, cryptology, cryptic)
culp guilt
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Post by Rebecca on Mar 22, 2011 17:26:17 GMT
I don't understand what crac, crat means.
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Post by mrsanderson on Mar 22, 2011 17:36:31 GMT
It means 'rule', or 'ruler', Rebecca! That part shouldn't be in brackets...apologies to you and everyone else confused by this!  |
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Post by Rebecca on Mar 22, 2011 17:43:26 GMT
Thank you.
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Post by catherine on Apr 3, 2011 13:20:36 GMT
I apologize but I can not find my English word root homework that I brought home and I was wondering if it was possible if I could recieve another copy?
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Post by mrsanderson on Apr 3, 2011 18:18:17 GMT
Of course! I can give you a new copy tomorrow . |
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Post by catherine on Apr 3, 2011 18:37:30 GMT
Thank you very much
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scott
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Post by scott on Apr 11, 2011 12:37:28 GMT
hi miss davidson i know its the holidays and all but what day is the roots of words test on since we didnt do it on the Thursday???
hope you have a good holiday
Scott
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Post by mrsanderson on Apr 18, 2011 16:05:06 GMT
Hello Scott! We'll have the root words test before your reading period on Wednesday when we get back; it's the first opportunity we'll have. Hope you're all enjoying your holidays! |
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scott
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smoking doesn't just damage you it also damages the people around you so don't smoke
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Post by scott on Apr 18, 2011 20:06:26 GMT
thanks miss i will go over them again  scott |
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Post by Scott S on Apr 18, 2011 20:14:00 GMT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!  the time THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S ALL WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry bad day. Scott |
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Post by Megan on Apr 19, 2011 10:33:04 GMT
I've lost my root words list  Could you possibly put a copy up here (I am confused which words they are) Thanks, ;D |
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Post by mrsanderson on Apr 19, 2011 20:59:39 GMT
Hi Megan, I'll get the list up for you on Thursday! My master copy is on the computer at school so it'll have to wait until I can get there. Hope you're having good holidays! Miss Davidson |
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Post by mrsanderson on Apr 22, 2011 9:20:56 GMT
Oh dear...all computers were down at school yesterday! Come and see mecat registration on Tuesday, Megan.
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Post by catherine on Apr 23, 2011 12:31:41 GMT
S2 Homework - Root of words 2
dei - god (deity, deify)
demo - people (demography, democracy, epidemic)
dent - tooth(dentist, dentifrice, dentin)
derm -skin(dermatology, epidermis, hypodermic)
dic - speak, say(dictate, predict, diction, indict)
dox –belief, opinion(Orthodoxy, paradox, heterodoxy)
duc, duct - lead(induce, deduce, conduct, abduct)
duo- two (duo)
dynam – power (dynamo, hydrodynamics)
ego – self (egoistic, egomania)
equ – equal(equal, equity, equanimity, equate, equidistant)
fac – make, do (factory, manufacture, benefactor)
frater – brother(fraternal, fratenize)
gam – marriage(monogamy, polygamy, bigamy)
geo – earth(geography, geology, geothermal, geopolitical)
grad, gress – step (gradual, progression, transgression)
graph- writing, printing(graphology, biography, telegraph,geography )
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Could you possibly put a copy up here (I am confused which words they are)