Classzone: The Language of Literature, Grade 7

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Lesson 26 Latin combining forms

quad quarter quadrangle

ped pedestrian quadruped

cent century centipede

grad gradual centigrade

annus annual anniversary

uni united universal

anima animated unanimous

magni magnify magnanimous

fac factory manufacture

manu manual manuscript

1. The Latin combining forms in the first column become complete words when suffixes or word endings are added to form the words in the second column. Does the spelling of some combining forms change when endings are added? _____

2. The words in the last column have been formed by joining two Latin combining forms. Can a combining form be a first syllable? _____
Can it be a last syllable? _____ Can it be a middle syllable? _____

Lesson Generalization
Suffixes can be added to Latin combining forms to make complete words. The spelling may change slightly when other word parts are added, but the meaning will remain the same.
Two Latin combining forms may be joined like the two parts of a compound word. Unlike prefixes and suffixes, a combining form can be used in any position in a word.