Reading Race: Spot the Origin
Use spelling and word-part clues to find the word from Greek, Latin, or Anglo-Saxon.
Every game is free and organized by skill, so you can find the right practice quickly. Filter by skill or game type, or search for a pattern like digraphs or vowel teams.
639 games
Use spelling and word-part clues to find the word from Greek, Latin, or Anglo-Saxon.
Bingo with word origins: find a word from Anglo-Saxon, Latin, or Greek.
Sort words by origin: Anglo-Saxon (asleep), Latin (transport), or Greek (telescope).
Short stories packed with Latin and Greek words to figure out from their parts.
Use prefixes, roots, and suffixes to figure out long words and reveal a hidden picture.
Read long Latin and Greek words and choose the one that matches the meaning.
A cumulative adventure reviewing Latin roots, Greek word parts, and word origins.
Listen and build long words from three parts: con + struct + ion, in + vis + ible.
Listen and choose the ending: tch or ch, dge or ge. Short vowels get the longer spelling.
Choose the right spelling: badge, bage, or baj? Reveal a hidden picture.
Find words that break a spelling rule, like cach for catch or hav for have, and fix them.
Bingo with spelling rules: ff/ll/ss/zz, ck, tch, and dge after short vowels.
Sort words by their /k/ ending: ck right after a short vowel (duck), or k everywhere else (bake, milk, book).
A short story full of homophones: to, two, too, there, their, and they're.
A memory game: match words that sound the same, like sea and see.
Choose the homophone that matches the meaning to reveal a hidden picture.
Choose the right homophone for each sentence: to, two, or too? there, their, or they're?
Find the wrong homophone, like here for hear, and fix it.
Short stories where the same spelling has two meanings or two sounds.
A memory game: match each word with its two meanings, like bat (animal) and bat (for a ball).
Read each sentence and choose how the homograph is said: read like need, or read like bed?
Read each sentence and choose what the word means here: a bat that flies or a bat for a ball?
Sort phrases by the meaning of wind: moving air (a cold wind) or to turn (wind the clock).
Listen and choose how the schwa syllable is spelled: les-son, not les-sun. Think of the word you know.