Name:____________________________________

Date:_______________________Period:________

Focus:MATRI/MATRO, LINEA
PREFIX

Nonnot

SUFFIX

ROOT

MATRIMatermother
MATROMetro

LINEAlinenthread,
string,line

alrelatingto(adjective)

arpertainingto,ofthe
natureof(adjective)

itythequalityorstateof

monyaction,state,condition(noun)

poliscity

Directions:MatcheachwordincolumnAtoitsdictionarydefinitionincolumnB.WRITE
THELETTERONTHELINE!!!

COLUMNA

COLUMNB

1. maternity____

A . adj.relatingtomarriage

2. m a t r i l i n e a l _ _ _ _

B . a d j . Relatingto,basedon,ortracingancestral
descentthroughthemothersline.

C . adj.Notinastraightline.

4. m e t r o p o l i s _ _ _ _ _

D . n.thestateofbeingamother;motherhood.

5. n o n l i n e a r _ _ _ _ _ _

E . n.thechief,andsometimescapital,cityofa

3. m a t r i m o n i a l _ _ _ _

country,state,orregion.

Directions:UsethewordsfromColumnAforeachsentence.Useeachwordonlyonce.

1. A_________________________________narrativeisastorythatdoesnotgoin
sequentialorchronologicalorder.

2. InMedievalGhana,theroyalinheritancewas_______________________________,
meaningitfollowedthemothersbloodlineinsteadofthefathers.
3. Chicagoisthe_____________________________oftheMidWest.
4. InFrance,pregnantwomenget16weeksofffromwork,paid,for
_______________________________leave.
5. Today,bridestobehavemany______________________________websitestochoose
fromtohelpplanfortheirbigday!

Name:____________________________________
Date:_______________________Period:________

DefiningWordsUsingtheWordParts
PREFIX

Nonnot

SUFFIX

ROOT

alrelatingto(adjective)

MATRI/MATRIC/mother

MATROMETRO
arpertainingto,ofthe

LINEAlinenthread, natureof(adjective)

string,line
itythequalityorstateof(adj.)

monyaction,state,condition(noun)

poliscity(noun)

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

1. m a t e r n i t y :(2)Prefix:________Root:____________________Suffix:___________

Meaning:_____________________________Partofspeech:(_____________________)

2. M a t r i l i n e a l : (3)Prefix:_______Root:__________________Suffix:____________

Meaning:_____________________________Partofspeech:(_____________________)

3. M a t r i m o n i a l :(3)Prefix:________Root:________________Suffix:_____________

Meaning:_____________________________Partofspeech:(_____________________)

4. M e t r o p o l i s :(2)Prefix:_________Root:_________________Suffix:____________

Meaning:_____________________________Partofspeech:(_____________________)

5. N o n l i n e a r :(3)Prefix:___________Root:_________________Suffix:___________

Meaning:_____________________________Partofspeech:(_____________________)