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71. Latin Roots: form, scrib / script, spec / spect / spic, flect / flex, dic / dict, spire

New Concept Words: form
deform reforming
formation formulate
formal
New Concept Words: scrib / script
subscribe describe
insciption scibble
transcribe
New Concept Words: spect / spec / spic
inspection specify
suspect special
prospect

New Concept Sentences: scrib/script; spect/spec/spic

  1. Scientists and chemists work with varying Formulas on a regular basis.
  2. Did the doctor give you a prescription for the rash or did he suggest an over the counter medication?
  3. The food inspector visited the Chinese restaurant down the street because of rumours that some of the chicken wings didn’t taste like chicken wings.
New Concept Words: flec / flex
reflection deflect
flexibility reflector
reflective
New Concept Words: dic / dict
addict indicative
contradict dedicate
vindicate
New Concept Words: spire
spirit transpire
expire respirator
uninspiring

New Concept Sentences: flec/flex; dic/dict; spire

  1. The dictators of many countries around the world treat their citizens horribly and often imprison and torture them.
  2. There are new conspiracy theories popping up every day about whether or not the government is telling the truth about alien visitors from outer space.
  3. It is important to be flexible in the world of business today in order to keep up and compete with the ever-shrinking global community.
  4. What is the weather person predicting for today’s forecast, sun or rain?
  5. When it’s time for me to take a test or give a presentation I try to wear clothing that doesn’t show how much I’m perspiring.

Review Word List

inflexible psychological
disrespect league
manuscript indication
information subscribe
punctual formality
circumspect reasoning
scribbling caution
misinformation specifications
pharmacy campus
conspiring ventricle

What Says?

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Spelling and Sentence Dictation

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Review

  • Latin root ‘form’ – to shape or form
  • Latin root ‘script’/’scrib’ – to write
  • Latin root ‘spec’/’spect’/’spic’ – to see
  • Latin root ‘flect’/’flex’ – to bend or curve
  • Latin root ‘dic’/’dict’ – to say or tell
  • Latin root ‘spire’/’spir’ – to breathe

Practice

Syllable Closed Open VCe R-Controlled Vowel Team Cle
sttepl
carefree
underdog
mayday
complain
ample
soya
refrain
Is it ‘ai’ or ‘ay? Is it ‘oi’ or ‘oy’?
st_____n for_____
m_____nt_____n portr_____
sirl_____n depl_____
carb_____ m_____st
Underline the prefix in these words.
precede unsettled
readjust dismantle
detained intervene
translation present
Underline the prefix in these words.
amass cobra
awake vista
affirm attain
flotilla comma

 

Match the Greek combining form to its meaning.
_____bio a. measure
_____geo b. distant
_____graph/gram c. study
_____meter/metr d. earth
_____ology e. light
_____phon(o) f. life
_____photo g. write
_____tele h. sound
Match the Latin root to its meaning.
_____dic(t) a. to break or burst
_____flect/flex b. to write
_____form c. to throw
_____ject d. to see
_____port e. to shape
_____rupt f. to build
_____script g. to bend or curve
_____spect h. to carry
_____struct i. to pull
_____tract j. to tell or say

Add the suffix to these words. Write the new word in the column for the spelling guideline used.

Word 1 + 1 + 1 Drop the e
complete+ed
spit+ing
exchange+ed
ban+er
serve+er
derange+ed
merge+er
absolve+ing
run+ing
singe+ed
place+ed
mince+er
dim+est
Circle the suffix. Scoop the syllables.
refute sparkle
disgrace trickle
intrude braided
abruptly underlay
crusty cloyingly
intersperse reinstated
established disturb
compromises decomposing
transformations reputations

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