Word Cell #8



UNIT 8 name: _______________________

date: _______________________

period: _______________________

teacher: _______________________

NOV new; recent (L-R)

nov/el (n) a fictitious writing dealing with human experience; as, a western novel; (a) new; recent;

unusual; as, a novel situation, idea, method of painting, etc.

re/nov/ate (v) to make new or like new; as, to renovate an old house, a much slept in dormitory, or a

broken down laboratory.

______________________ ______ _____ nov/el/ty (n)_____________________________________

OV egg; egg-shaped (L-R)

ov/al (a) having the form or shape of a hen’s egg; as, some people have oval-shaped heads; (n) an

oval or egg-shaped object; as, an athletic field, a playground, a swimming pool, etc.

ov/ary (n) that part of a female body in which eggs are produced; literally, a place containing eggs

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PYRO fire (Gr-R)

pyro/phobia (a) an abnormal fear of fire; compare pyromania

pyro/techn/ics (n) the science or art of putting on fireworks displays; as, the ancient Chinese,

inventors of gunpowder, were probably the first people to become interested in

pyrotechnics

________________________________________pyro/mania (n)____________________________________

SAUR lizard (Gr-R)

bronto/saur (n) ‘thunder lizard’; a herbivorous animal which grew to a length of 65 feet or more

dino/saur (a) ‘terrible lizard’; a carnivorous and herbivorous animal whose length ranged

between 55 and 80 feet.

ichthyo/saur (n) ‘fish lizard’; mainly a fish-eating animal whose length was about 30 feet

ptero/saur (n) ‘winged lizard’; a flying reptile; it lived mostly on fish; it ranged from sparrow

size to having a wingspan of 17 feet

tyranno/saur (n) ‘tyrant lizard’; an animal which was both carnivorous and herbivorous; it grew to

a length of 30 feet or more

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SCOPE to view; an examination (Gr-R)

micro/scope (n) a lensed instrument used in viewing extremely small objects (v) to view

something through a microscope; to magnify

peri/scope (n) an instrument permitting those in a submarine to look about the surface

_____________________________________tele/scope (n-v)________________________________________

UNIT 8 NAME: __________________________

EXERCISE 1: MATCHING: In the spaces provided, supply each word-cell in Column A with the number of its proper definition from Column B.

A B

dino (1) fire

nov (2) thunder

ov (3) terrible

saur (4) new

pyro (5) having; possessing

tyranno (6) lizard

-ate (7) egg

ichthyo (8) denotes certain sciences, qualities, studies, etc.

bronto (9) fish

-ics (10) tyrant

EXERCISE 2: DEFINITIONS: In the spaces provided, supply the words being defined. Use the correct form of the word, as necessary.

(1) _____________________ fish lizard

(2) _____________________ terrible lizard

(3) _____________________ new, recent, unusual

(4) _____________________ instrument used in submarine to look about the surface

(5) _____________________ thunder lizard

EXERCISE 3: GOOFY WORDS: Use word cell definitions to find definitions for made-up words.

(1) _____ pyrosaur a. to view a tyrant

(2) _____ tyrannoscope b. a place for wings

(3) _____ novate c. fire lizard

(4) _____ dinophobia d. terrible fear

(5) _____ pteroary e. having newness

UNIT 8 NAME: _____________________

EXERCISE 4; MATCHING GAME: Fill in the spaces below with those numbers from the list of Word-Cell Choices which best make up the definitions. Each of the choices may be used more than once. Example: The ‘winged lizard’ 17 20_

1. Having the shape of a hen’s egg. WORD CELL CHOICES

___ ___

1. -al

2. To make new or like new 2. -ary

___ ___ ___ 3. -ate

4. bronto

3. An abnormal fear of fire . 5. carni

___ ___ 6. dino

7. -el

4. Something that is new, recent, or unusual. 8. herbi

___ ___ 9. ichthyo

10. -ics

5. The ‘tyrant lizard’ . 11. mania

___ ___ 12. micro

13. nov

6. An insane desire to see things burn . 14. ov

___ ___ 15. peri-

16. phobia

7. That part of a female body in which eggs are produced 17. ptero

___ ___ 18. pyro

19. re-

8. The ‘thunder lizard’ 20. saur

___ ___ 21. scope

22. techn

9. The science or art of putting on fireworks displays 23. tele

___ ___ ___ 24. tyranno

25. vorous

10. Having the characteristic of being a plant-eater ___ ___

11. An instrument used in viewing extremely small objects ___ ___

12. The ‘fish lizard’ ___ ___

13. A submarine’s viewing instrument ___ ___

14. Having the characteristic of being a meat or flesh-eater ___ ___

15. An instrument which makes possible the viewing of distant objects ___ ___

EXERCISE 5: WORD CELL PUZZLE: Circle the (10) word-cells hidden in the Puzzle Square. Write each word-cell in a space below. Word-cells are located down and across, NOT diagonally or backwards. They also can NOT be completely within another word cell. (You could not choose -et as a separate word cell from -plet if you’ve already chosen -plet).

F |P |Y |R |O |G |T |J |N |C |L | | | | |X |W |G |N |Y |L |R |P |S |M |H | |1. ________________ |6. _______________ | |K |O |Z |P |B |W |Q |H |A |F |K | | | | |T |B |M |L |O |J |S |X |U |Z |M | |2. ________________ |7. _______________ | |Z |Q |X |C |H |T |C |A |R |N |I | | | | |M |A |N |I |A |J |O |H |F |M |C | |3. ________________ |8. _______________ | |L |X |V |Y |Q |G |P |L |W |J |R | | | | |B |T |L |D |K |N |E |P |K |V |O | |4. ________________ |9. _______________ | |P |E |R |I |W |P |Z |H |N |R |N | | | | |J |L |G |N |T |F |R |S |O |G |B | |5. ________________ |10. ______________ | |Q |E |H |O |X |M |I |K |V |H |P | | | | |

REVIEW OF UNITS 1 THROUGH 8 NAME: __________________________

Word Cell Writing Exercise: Place the English meaning of the underlined word cells. Your definition has to make sense in the writing. The first one has been done for you.

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THE BIG URB

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I have bio/ed and lab/ed in Nov York Urb for the past deca annu/s. It is a urb built on solid petri.

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Poly people from near and tele come to see its alti buildings, pray in its houses of The, vore in its multi

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restaurants, walk through its hecto/s of streets, and ride in its trains which are located sub- the terr.

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Personally, I would rather be a kilo miles from this –ory. I can’t stand audio/ing to its noises, suffering

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in its summer thermo, and putting up with its cide/ing pace. It will be the mort of me yet! Ante- I get archeo,

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and providing I don’t get pyro/ed from my lab, amphi- my wife and I hope to frag away from this –ary and

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settle down in a micro –arium tele de- urban bio.

1. _______CITY______ 13. _________________ 25. _________________

2. _________________ 14. _________________ 26. _________________

3. _________________ 15. _________________ 27. _________________

4. _________________ 16. _________________ 28. _________________

5. _________________ 17. _________________ 29. _________________

6. _________________ 18. _________________ 30. _________________

7. _________________ 19. _________________ 31. _________________

8. _________________ 20. _________________ 32. _________________

9. _________________ 21. _________________ 33. _________________

10. _________________ 22. _________________ 34. _________________

11. _________________ 23. _________________ 35. _________________

12. _________________ 24. _________________ 36. _________________

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