quarta-feira, 13 de maio de 2009

Unicycle, Bicycle, Tricycle, more




I guess you know what a bicycle is.

How many wheels does a bicycle have?


Two, right?

So what would you call the picture on the left?

It doesn't have two wheels, it has three. It is called a tricycle.


Tri- means three. Bi- means two.


Uni- means one.

What do you think something with one wheel would be called?

It is called a unicycle.


Here are more:
Uni= 1- example: uniform. Many students wear uniforms. Everyone wears the same style (one kind) of clothes.
Bi= 2- example: bilingual. Two languages. Someone who speaks two languages is bilingual.
Tri= 3- example: triangle. A shape with three sides.
Quad= 4- example: quadriplegic.
Quint= 5- example: quintuplet. Five babies that are born from the same mother at the same time.
Multi= Many- example: multitalented. Someone who has many talents is multitalented.
There are other words that are similar to these. We will look at those another time.

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