Sample Words From List
regress
promotion
subtract
remote
transgress
rupture
disrupt
promote
erupt
attraction
abrupt
demote
Take a look at the sample words.
What do you notice about these words?
The words have prefixes or suffixes - gress, rupt, tract, or mot.
What do you think extract means based on this sentence? The vet had to extract the dog's infected tooth.
(verb) to pull ot; remove
What do you think demote means based on this sentence? The manager wants to demote the waiter to busboy because he keeps getting the orders wrong.
(verb) to move someone to a lower grade or rank
How do you think we could sort these words?
By the root - gress, rupt, tract, and mot.
Let's practice sorting the words. Practice Sort
What do you think the Latin root gress means?
to go
What do you think the Latin root rupt means?
to break
What do you think the Latin root tract means?
to pull
What do you think the Latin root mot means?
to move