roots

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A root is a word part that has your main idea. Sometimes it can stand on its own. Sometimes it needs some supporting details, just like a paragraph. Roots get their detail help from prefixes and suffixes. You might hear roots called by another name, "base". "What is the base word?" is a common question your teacher might ask you as you're trying to solve a word.

Do you notice anything about these types of roots/bases?

mot mobil || move ||  ||
 * mov
 * ject || throw ||  ||
 * tract || pull or draw toward ||  ||
 * sect || cut ||  ||
 * press || push or bear down ||  ||
 * port || carry ||  ||
 * mod || measure ||  ||