63. (More) Greek Combining Forms and y /ĭ/

New Concept Words and Sentences: y /ĭ/

1. While in Egypt we made sure to visit the museum.
2. The writing on the sarcophagus of the mummy was cryptic.
3. You would need to understand the cyphering of people in Egypt from eons ago.

New Concept Words and Sentences: Greek Combing Forms

1. People no longer use phonographs, because music has all gone digital.
2. You need to have bio-degradable bags to put your food recycling in.
3. Global geography is one of the subjects available in the ALP Program.
4. Cosmology is defined as the study of the entire universe including its origins and evolution with time.

Review Words

What Says?

Spelling and Sentence Dictation

Review

When y says /ĭ/, this is the Greek influence in the English language.

y – gym – /ĭ /

Greek combining forms:

• bio – means life
• graph/gram – written or drawn
• geo – means earth
• (o)logy – study of

These show the Greek influence on the English language. Words of Greek origin are found mainly in Science and Mathematics.

Practice

1. Underline the Greek combining form in each word. Match each word to a sentence.
   

   geologist

   autographs

   antibiotics

   cardiology

   diagram

   1. ___________________________ is the study of the heart and diseases that may affect it.
   2. We’ll need to look at the _________________________ at the front of the mall to locate that store.
   3. My brother is always studying rocks and hopes to be a __________________________ when he grows up.
   4. What kind of ________________________ did the doctor prescribe?
   5. Did you get any of the actors’ ___________________ when you visited the Atlantic Film Festival opening night?
2. Circle the schwa suffix/common word ending in these words.
   

   Canadian	reliance
   commonly	intelligent
   package	decipherable
   crickets	bottoms
   resilience	incorruptible

3. Which sound is it? Place a checkmark in the column.
   

   Word	ā	ē	ĕ
   leaking
   weigh
   key
   steadfast
   rake
   break
   veined
   prey
   breakage
   homestead

4. Add the suffix to these words.
   

   stumble+ed	hum+ing	crib+age	sever+ance	time+ly
   need+less	resolute+tion	remember+ed	notice+able	sun+y