Name:____________________________________

Date:_______________________Period:________

Focus:GENUS/GENEA, TERRA
PREFIX

Extraoutside,beyond

SUFFIX

ROOT

GENUS/origin,race,kind;
GENEAfamily,birth,descent,

Medimiddle;tohalf

Subunder,below

ain,anpertainingto(noun)
alrelatingto(adjective)

logyscienceorstudyof(noun)

TERRAearth(noun)
Terrestrisearthly(adj.)

A.Directions:MatcheachwordincolumnAtoitsdictionarydefinitionincolumnB.WRITETHELETTERON
THELINE!!!Ifyoudonotknowthedefinitionsofthewords,youmayuseadictionaryforPartA.

COLUMNA

1. extraterrestrial_____
2. genealogy_____

3. Mediterranean______

COLUMNB
A . n.atractofland,especiallyasconsidered
withreferencetoitsnaturalfeatures.

B . a d j . existing,situated,oroperatingbelowthe
surfaceoftheearth;underground.
C . a d j . surroundedornearlysurroundedbyland;
pertainingtoMediterraneanSea.

4. subterranean______

5. terrain_____

D . a d j . outside,ororiginatingoutside,thelimits
oftheearth.
E . n.arecordoraccountoftheancestryand

descentofaperson,family,group,etc.

Directions:UsethewordsfromColumnAforeachsentence.Useeachwordonlyonce.

1. Grapeleavesandhummusareallvarietiesof___________________________________food,or
foodfoundneartheMediterraneanSea.
2. Whiletherearemanypeoplewhosaytheyhaveseenaliens,thereisnorealproofof
________________________________life.
3. Ancestry.comisasitededicatedtohelpingpeopletracetheir__________________________.

4. StudentsshouldpacktennisshoesorbootsforourCatalinatrip,asthe
_____________________________canbeunevenandrocky.
5. TheRedLineMetrotrainis_________________________________________,butthe
GoldLineisaboveground.

Name:____________________________________
Date:_______________________Period:________

DefiningWordsUsingtheWordParts
PREFIX

Extraoutside,beyond

Medimiddle;tohalf

Subunder,below

ROOT

GENUS/origin,race,kind;
GENEAfamily,birth,descent,

TERRAearth(noun)
Terrestrisearthly(adj.)

SUFFIX

ain,anpertainingto(noun)
alrelatingto(adjective)

logyscienceorstudyof(noun)

Definethefollowingwordsusingtheirwordpartsandidentifythepartofspeech(POS)
Example:
Induction:(3)Prefix:inSuffix:ionRoot:duct(Partofspeech:noun)

1.

extraterrestrial:(3)Prefix:_____________Root:_____________________Suffix:_________________POS:(_____________________)

2. genealogy:(2Prefix:_____________Root:_________________________Suffix:_________________POS:(_____________________)

3.

Mediterranean:(3)Prefix:_____________Root:_____________________Suffix:_________________POS:(_____________________)

4.

Subterranean:(3)Prefix:______________Root:_____________________Suffix:_________________POS:(_____________________)

5.

terrain:(2)Prefix:_______________Root:_______________________Suffix:___________________POS:(_____________________)

Directions: Underline the ALL the nouns in the following sentences.

1) The house is in Africa.

2) The car is old and is missing one door.

3) When will the bus arrive?

4) Excitement is in the air.

5) Yesterday was the coldest day of the year.