Build Words from Roots Worksheet (Grade 5)
Free printable word building worksheet for Grade 5. Students combine Greek and Latin word parts (tele + scope, trans + port) into whole words and derive their meanings. Includes an answer key.
Grade 5 · Phonics worksheet
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Build Words from Roots (Grade 5)
Join the two word parts to build a real word, and use the meaning of each part to work out what the new word means. Write the whole word on the line.
Word bank
ExportPredictTelescopePeriscopeTransportContradictAutomobileMicroscopeMicrophoneThermometer
- 1.auto (self) + mobile (moving) = blank
- 2.trans (across) + port (to carry) = blank
- 3.tele (far) + scope (to look at) = blank
- 4.peri (around) + scope (to look at) = blank
- 5.micro (small) + scope (to look at) = blank
- 6.thermo (heat) + meter (to measure) = blank
- 7.ex (out) + port (to carry) = blank
- 8.contra (against) + dict (to say) = blank
- 9.micro (small) + phone (sound) = blank
- 10.pre (before) + dict (to say) = blank
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- Online Etymology Dictionary — Root origins and meanings (tele, port, struct, graph, dict and others) cross-checked against etymonline entries.
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary — Syllable divisions follow the headword breaks shown in Merriam-Webster.