Suffix -ly and -y and Root rupt Review

Suffix -ly and -y and Root rupt Review

Suffix Review

• A suffix is a syllable that is added to the end of a root word to change the meaning of the root word.

• -ly means "in a ______ way" for example if quiet is changed to quietly, then quietly means in a quiet way.

• -y means "having or being like" for example, if hair is changed to hairy, then hairy means having hair.

Multiple Choice

She did not mean to forget her homework, it was purely _________ that she forgot.

• accidental

• accidentally

• careful

• carefully

Multiple Choice

Mountain building is not a _________ process, it takes many years for mountains to form.

• speedy

• speedily

• loud

• loudly

Multiple Choice

My cat only weighs 7 pounds, so I can _______ pick him up and carry him around with me.

• temporary

• temporarily

• easy

• easily

Multiple Choice

In looking at the world map, it's pretty ______ to see how the eastern edge of South America fits into the western edge of Africa like pieces of a puzzle.

• easy

• easily

• speedy

• temporarily

Multiple Choice

He _____ walked across the room thanks to his squeaky shoes.

• temporarily

• loud

• loudly

• easily

Multiple Choice

Seismic waves move more slowly through liquids and more ____ through solids.

• careful

• carefully

• speedy

• speedily

Root -rupt

• The Latin root word rupt means "to burst."

Multiple Choice

If a nearby volcano begins to _______, people who live around the Bay of Naples are encouraged to evacuate.

• rupture

• abrupt

• erupt

Multiple Choice

Mid-ocean ridges form an almost _____ chain of underwater mountains around the the earth.

• abrupt

• uninterrupted

Multiple Choice

The meal my grandfather prepared for us was very ______.

• kindly

• tasty

• taste

Multiple Choice

Would you ___ hand me the biography of Edmund Hillary?

• kind

• kindly

• biography

Multiple Choice

I'm sorry to _______ you while you are talking, but I have a question.

• abrupt

• interrupt

• photograph

Multiple Choice

A seamount does not become an island in a(n) ______ way; it is a long, slow process.

• disrupt

• abrupt

• eruption