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Common English Word Roots

A word root is a word part that can be combined with other word roots, prefixes or suffixes to form a new word. The following is a list of 10 common English word roots.

Common English Word Roots

Word Roots	Meaning	Example
audi	hear	audio
auto	self	autopsy
bene	good	benevolent
bio	life	biology
chrono	time	chronology
geo	earth	geology
photo	light	photon
port	carry	portable
tele	far away	telecast
vac	empty	evacuate

 

Exercise - Word roots

Combine a word root from the table above with the word part below to form the word.

• examples
• If you take something out of the country, you (ex-) it.
• Sally is talking to Bill on the (-phone).

1. The study of the earth is (-graphy).  
 

2. Something that you can hear is (-ble).  
 

3. Something that measures time is a (-meter).  
 

4. The story of a person's life is their (-graphy).  
 

5. Use the camera to take a (-graph).  
 

6. A machine that works by itself is (-matic).  
 

7. When a hotel has an empty room, they have a (-ancy).  
 

8. Something that is good is a (-fit).  
 

 

Writing

Can you think of other words with these word roots? Write sentences with them.

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