Sunday 5 February 2012

Vocabulary games


Word group game. Can you find the odd one out (the different one)?

Bin the grammar: a game where you put words in the bin!

Do you understand directions? Left, right, straight on! Click here!


If you want to build your vocabulary, it helps to know the Greek and Latin roots of many words in English.



Some common Greek and Latin roots:
Root (source)MeaningEnglish words
aster, astr (G)starastronomy, astrology
audi (L)to hearaudible, auditorium
bene (L)good, wellbenefit, benevolent
bio (G)lifebiology, autobiography
dic, dict (L)to speakdictionary, dictator
fer (L)to carrytransfer, referral
fix (L)to fastenfix, suffix, affix
geo (G)earthgeography, geology
graph (G)to writegraphic, photography
jur, just (L)lawjury, justice
log, logue (G)word, thought,
speech
monolog(ue), astrology, biology, neologism
luc (L)lightlucid, translucent
manu (L)handmanual, manuscript
meter, metr (G)measuremetric, thermometer
op, oper (L)workoperation, operator
path (G)feelingpathetic, sympathy, empathy
ped (G)childpediatrics, pedophile
phil (G)lovephilosophy, Anglophile
phys (G)body, naturephysical, physics
scrib, script (L)to writescribble, manuscript
tele (G)far offtelephone,television
ter, terr (L)earthterritory, extraterrestrial
vac (L)emptyvacant, vacuum, evacuate
verb (L)wordverbal, verbose
vid, vis (L)to seevideo, vision, television

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