You Already Know These

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Name Date
DIRECTIONS: Say each word, then write what you think it means. Don’t look anything up.
animal  —  ______________
chocolate  —  ______________
elefante  —  ______________
familia  —  ______________
hospital  —  ______________
tomate  —  ______________
color  —  ______________
doctor  —  ______________
piano  —  ______________
radio  —  ______________
tren  —  ______________
flor  —  ______________
How many did you get?
out of 12

You Already Know These — Why

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Why can you read them? Both languages took words from Latin, by different roads.
LatinSpanishstraight downthrough FrenchEnglishthe long way round
So some words are cousins: same start, different roads, still alike.