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Free Playbook Word Roots Worksheet (Grades 6–8)

Crack big sports words like interception, substitute and invincible using Greek and Latin prefixes, roots and suffixes, then use context clues to fill in a game report.

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Page 1 of the Playbook Word Roots worksheet (Grades 6–8)
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What kids practice

  • Breaking big sports words into prefix, root and suffix
  • Matching Greek and Latin roots to their meanings
  • Building new words from number and direction prefixes
  • Using context clues to fill in a game report
  • Explaining how word parts change a word's meaning
  • 28 problems
  • 3 pages
  • US Letter PDF
  • Ages 11–14
  • Answer key on the last page

The answer key is on the last page (page 3), so you can print pages 1–2 for students and keep the key.

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