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Analyze It!
Number of players: 4 (2 pairs)
Materials:
• Analyze It! Answer Sheet
• Analyze It! Answer Key
• timer
Directions:
1. Print out one copy of the Analyze It! Answer Sheet for each pair of players.
2. Set a timer for 2 minutes.
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3. Each pair of players reads each series of words on the answer sheet and
writes another word that contains the target word root on the line. Then
pairs analyze the words to determine the meaning of the root and write
the meaning on the second line. Pairs then continue on to the next series
of words.
4. When the 2 minutes are up, each team compares its answers with the
answer key.
5. The team with the most correct answers wins the game.
Sort 28: Latin Word Roots rupt, tract, mot
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Analyze It! Answer Sheet
1. Read each series of words. Find the common word root in all of
the words.
2. Choose the word in parentheses that best completes the series of
words and write it on the line.
3. Choose a word in parentheses that best defines the word root and
write it on the line.
1. interruption, disrupt, bankrupt,
The root rupt means
2. distract, traction, attract,
The root tract means
3. remote, promotion, demote,
The root mot means
4. promote, motivate, motor,
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The root mot means
5. extract, tractor, distract,
The root tract means
6. erupt, rupture, abrupt,
The root rupt means
7. demote, promotion, motor,
The root mot means
8. extract, contract, attract,
The root tract means
9. corrupt, interrupt, erupt
The root rupt means
(tractor, rupture, motion)
. (speak, break, fall)
(subtract, erupt, demote)
. (place, look, pull)
(bankrupt, abstract, motor)
. (hear, move, break)
(attraction, interrupt, emotion)
. (move, stop, break)
(corrupt, traction, motion)
. (pull, throw, write)
(interruption, remote, subtract)
. (pull, move, break)
(abrupt, remote, extract)
. (stay, send, move)
(motor, subtract, erupt)
(push, pull, throw)
(abrupt, promote, attract)
. (break, send, bend)
Sort 28: Latin Word Roots rupt, tract, mot
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Analyze It!
Answer Key
1. interruption, disrupt, bankrupt, rupture
The word root rupt means break.
2. distract, traction, attract, subtract
The word root tract means pull.
3. remote, promotion, demote, motor
The word root mot means move.
4. promote, motivate, motor, emotion
The word root mot means move.
5. attract, tractor, distract, traction
The word root tract means pull.
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6. erupt, rupture, abrupt, interruption
The word root rupt means break.
7. demote, promotion, motor, remote
The word root mot means move.
8. abstract, contract, attract, subtract
The word root tract means pull.
9. corrupt, interrupt, erupt, abrupt
The word root rupt means break.
Sort 28: Latin Word Roots rupt, tract, mot
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