Suggested Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes for 6th Grade



6th Grade Suggested Word Parts

Introduction/Explanation

In an effort to streamline word study between grades at middle school, a committee of teachers has compiled a list of suggested roots, prefixes and suffixes. This list identifies the most important Greek and Latin roots as well as common prefixes and suffixes for 6th grade. These word parts are suggestions only, and may supplement the literary terms and vocabulary from reading selections students learn in the English 6: Literature and Strategies class, as well as the words studied from the adopted text, Houghton Mifflin’s Spelling and Vocabulary.

The word parts identified with an asterisk (*) are “no excuse” word parts that are taught in 6th grade and are reviewed in 7th and 8th grades. These word parts are the most important in terms of usefulness, and the ones that students should master by 8th grade.

Last Revision Date: May 2009.

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6th GRADE SUGGESTED SUFFIX LIST

|Suffix |Percent of All |Part of Speech |Meaning |Examples or Rules |

| |Suffixes | | | |

|-al, -ial* |1% |Adjective |related to, characterized by |global, logical, partial |

|-ance, -ence |-- |Noun |state or quality of |from “ent” or “ant” to final “t” changes to “ce” evidence/fragrance |

|-en* |1% |Verb |made of |thicken, quicken |

|-ent –ant | |Noun/Adjective |inclined to, in a state of, someone who |absorbent, student, different, deodorant, contestant |

|-er* |1% |Adjective |someone who or something that does, provides, or is involved with |bigger, safer, farmer, teacher |

|-est* |1% |Adjective |comparative, to compare |strongest |

|-ed* |20% |Verb |past tense |sailed, laughed |

|-er, -or* |4% |Noun |agent |runner, professor, elevator, grantor |

|-ful* |1% |Adjective |full of |wonderful |

|-fy |-- |Verb |to make, to form into |fortify, solidify, liquidity |

|-hood |-- |Adjective |state, quality, condition of |neighborhood |

|-ic |1% |Noun/Adjective |having the character or form of |panoramic |

|-ion, -tion, -ation,|4% |Noun |state of being or condition – makes verbs into nouns |revolution, relation, completion, starvation |

|-ition* | | | | |

|-ity, -ty |1% |Noun |state or quality; used to form abstract nouns/Latin |civility, abnormality, quality, unity |

|-able, -ible* |2% | |capable or susceptible/Latin |teachable, photographical, incredible, responsible |

|-less* |1% |Adjective |antonym of the base or suffix |effortless, careless |

|-ice |-- |Noun |state or quality |justice, service |

|-ide |-- |Noun |chemical |pesticide, sulfide, oxide |

|-ive, tive, ative |1% |Adjective |performs or tends toward, or serves to |tentative, native |

|-ing* |14% |Verb |progressive tense |jumping, racing |

|-ly* |7% |Adverb/Adjective |in what manner |slowly, lovely |

|-ment* |1% |Noun |product or thing |merriment |

|-ness* |1% |Noun |abstract |kindness |

|-ous, -ious, -eous, |1% |Adjective |possessing or full of/Latin |nervous, wondrous, courageous, hilarious |

|-ologist |-- |Noun |a person who studies |dermatologist, biologist |

|-some |-- |Adjective |characterized by a thing, quality, state, or action |awesome, burdensome |

|-s, -es* |31% |Noun |plural |cats, boxes |

|-ward |-- |Adjective/Adverb |direction |forward, toward |

|-ways |-- |Adverb |in what manner |always |

|-y* |1% |Adjective |characterized by, quality of or condition of |funny |

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6th GRADE SUGGESTED ROOT LIST

|Root |Meaning |Origin |Examples |

|astro* |stars, heaven, space |Greek |astronomy, astrological, asteroid, asterisk, astronaut |

|aud* |to hear |Latin |audible, audience, audio, audition, auditorium, auditory |

|auto* |self |Greek |autobiography, autonomy, automatic |

|bene |good, well |Latin |benediction, benefactor, benevolent |

|bio* |life |Greek |biography, biology |

|chron |time |Greek |chronological, chronology |

|dict* |to speak |Latin |contradict, dictate, dictator, dictation, dictionary, predict |

|fac |make, do |Latin |manufacture, factory, benefactor |

|form |to shape |Latin |reform, deform, uniform |

|geo* |earth |Greek |geology, geologist |

|gon (math) |angle |Greek |polygon, pentagon |

|grad/gress |to step |Latin |graduate, gradual, progress, progression |

|graph* |writing, printing |Latin |graphology, biography, telegraph, geography |

|ject |to throw |Latin |inject, reject, projection, subject |

|junct |to join |Latin |conjunction, junction |

|loc |place |Latin |location, local |

|man*/manu |hand |Latin |manual, manuscript, manufacture |

|mega/magna |large, powerful |Greek |megahit, megaphone, magnify, magnificent |

|meter* |measure |Greek |thermometer, barometer |

|min* |little, small |Latin |miniscule, minority, minute |

|mis*, mit |send |Latin |permit, submission, mission, emit |

|mort |to die |Middle English |mortician, mortal, immortal |

|opt |eye |Latin |optical, optometrist |

|ped*/pod |foot |Latin |pedestrian, podiatrist, pedicure |

|phon* |sound |Greek |phonograph, microphone, phoneme |

|poli/polis |city, government |Greek |police, metropolitan, politician |

|port* |to carry |Latin |portable, transport, portage, porter, report |

|pose |to put |Latin |compose, composition, position, posture |

|scope |an instrument for viewing |Greek |telescope, microscope, endoscope |

|scrib*/script |to write |Latin |scribe, scripture, script, scribble |

|spect* |to look/see |Latin |spectacles, retrospect, introspect, inspector |

|struct* |build, form |Latin |structure, construction, instruct, destruction |

|tele |far off, distant |Greek |telegraph, teleport, telephone, television |

|tract |to pull |Latin |tractor, extract, attract, subtract |

|vac |to be empty |Latin |vacuum, evacuate, vacant |

|vid/vis |to see |Latin |evident, video, televise, supervise |

Resource Word List: Houghton Mifflin’s Spelling & Vocabulary, pages 280-283.

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6th GRADE SUGGESTED PREFIX LIST

|Prefix |Percent of Words |Meaning |Origin |Examples |

| |Containing Prefix | | | |

|anti- |less than 1 |against |Greek |antisocial, antiseptic, antisocial, antidote |

|com-, con- |less than 1 |with/together |Latin |commune, community, conjunction, combine, conspire, confluence |

|de-* |2 |reverse, remove, reduce; to do the opposite |Latin |decompose, deject, degrade, dehumidify, descent, detract |

| | |of | | |

|dis-* |7 |apart or away; having a negative force |Latin |disability, disown, dislike |

|en-, em-* |4 |within; to put or go into or onto; to cover |French |emphasis, embalm, energy, enthusiasm |

| | |or provide with | | |

|ex-, exo-* |less than 1 |out of; from |Greek |exoskeleton, exterior, external |

|fore* |3 |before |Middle English |forehead, forecastle, foretell |

|hom-, homo- |less than 1 |same |Greek |homonym, homophone, homeostasis, homogeneous |

|hype- |less than 1 |over, too much | |hyperextension, hyperactive, hyperextend, hyperbole |

|im-, in-* |11 |not; having a negative force |Latin |impatient, immeasurable, inability, inexpensive |

|inter-* |3 |between; among; during; together |Latin |intersect, intercom, intercept |

|mid-* |1 |middle |Latin |midsummer, midnight |

|mis-* |3 |ill, mistaken or wrong |Latin |mistrial, misprint, misinterpret |

|multi- |less than 1 |many, much |Latin |multiage, multitude, multigrain, multimillion |

|neo- |less than 1 |new, recent, revived |Greek |Neolithic, neonatal |

|non-* |4 |not; absence of |Latin |nonsense, nonpayment |

|over-* |3 |beyond, too much |Middle English |overextend, overweight, overcrowded |

|pre-* |3 |before; earlier |Latin |prevent, preschool, predict |

|pro- |less than 1 |forward |Latin |progress, proceed, produce, protract |

|re-* |14 |again; back or backward motion |Latin |reheat, reinvest, rebuild, rewind, revert, retrace |

|se- |less than 1 |apart |Latin |separate, select |

|semi-* |1 |half |Latin |semicircle, semiautomatic, semiconscious |

|sub-* |3 |under, beneath, below |Latin |submarine, substitute, subscriber |

|super-* |1 |to place or be placed above or over |Latin |supersede, superficial, superscript |

|trans-* |2 |across, beyond, through |Latin |transport, transmission, transcend |

|un-* |26 |not; reversal of a state of action; opposite |Middle English |unhappy, unfasten, unrest |

| | |of | | |

|under-* |1 |place or situation; below; too little |Middle English |underground, underdeveloped, underwhelmed, underfed |

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