Courses Vocabulary Greek and Latin Roots

Greek and Latin Roots

Open up thousands of academic words: bio, graph, tele, port, rupt, dict, spect, struct and more.

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Instructor anthony

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A large share of English academic and science vocabulary comes from Greek and Latin. This course teaches the most useful roots, how to combine them with prefixes and suffixes, and how to use them to work out the meaning of challenging words in science, math and social studies.

What you will learn

What roots are and where they come from
High-value Greek roots: bio, geo, graph, photo, tele, scope, meter, logy
High-value Latin roots: port, rupt, dict, spect, struct, scrib/script, ject, vis
How to break down and define academic words
How to use roots across school subjects

Who this course is for

Sixth to eighth graders
Students facing science and social studies vocabulary
Parents who want vocabulary practice with a big payoff

Every lesson includes a short explanation with examples, a practice activity to do together, a tip for grown-ups and a quiz, and your reader earns a certificate when they finish.

Greek Roots

3 lessons

What Is a Root?

Preview 8 min
graph, photo, tele and scope

9 min 🔒
geo, logy, meter and micro

9 min 🔒

Latin Roots

6 lessons

port, ject and rupt

9 min 🔒
dict, spect, vis and aud

9 min 🔒
struct, scrib/script and form

9 min 🔒
Roots Across School Subjects

9 min 🔒
Root Detective Review

8 min 🔒
More Roots: graph Families, phon, chron and cent

9 min 🔒

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