Geo/terra, pre, and ful

Root Words & Affixes #1

Geo/terra, pre-, & -less

Affixes

• Groups of letters that are added to the beginning or end of a base word that changes the meaning of a word.

• Prefix- goes at the beginning of a word.

• Suffix- goes at the end of a word.

Multiple Choice

Which is the prefix in the word predicting?

• pre

• dict

• ing

Multiple Choice

What is the suffix in misleading?

• mis

• lead

• ing

Multiple Choice

What is the base word in resubmitting?

• re

• submit

• ting

Root Words

A word or part of a word that can have prefixes or suffixes added to it.

They have their own meanings

Some root words can stand alone and don't need an affix.

Multiple Choice

I ran 5 kilometers yesterday.

My pedometer says I made 10,000 steps yesterday.

I had to mix 20 millimeters into the solution.

What does the root word meter mean?

• thousand

• steps

• measure

• many

The Prefix Pre-

Pre- means 'before'

When placed in front of a word like view, the word view goes from meaning to see, and becomes preview, which means to see before.

Example: The teacher had to preview the video to make sure that it was appropriate for the class to see (or view).

Multiple Choice

My teacher had us predict what we think would happen at the end of the story based on everything we read so far.

What does predict mean?

• to declare in advance

• to be exact

• to keep from happening

Multiple Choice

You need to measure that precisely, or it will not fit.

What does precisely mean?

• to declare in advance

• to keep from happening

• to be exact

Multiple Choice

"Only you can prevent forest fires" is a popular campaign from the U.S. National Parks to raise awareness of the dangers of forest fires.

What does prevent mean?

• to keep from happening

• to declare in advance

• to be exact

The Suffix -less

• -less means without.

• When you take the suffix -less and add it to a word like help, you take the original word help where you require assistance and it becomes helpless.

• Helpless describes the state that you are in because you need the help of someone else because you can't do it for yourself.

Multiple Choice

Susan thought the activity was meaningless because she already knew what to do.

What is the meaning of meaningless?

• to have no sympathy or care for others

• to be boring

• to not have a motive or meaning behind it

Multiple Choice

Jacob was careless about how he treated others' things. However, when people would not let them borrow their things anymore, he was confused as to why?

What does careless mean?

• to have no meaning or motive

• to borrow

• needing help

• having no sympathy for others

The root words geo & terra are Latin for 'Earth'

For the following questions, identify what the highlighted word means.

Multiple Choice

When you study volcanoes, types of rocks, earthquakes, etc., you are studying geology.

• the study of nonliving things that the Earth is made of

• a science that looks at the location of living and nonliving things on Earth and the way they affect one another

• the heat from inside the Earth

• a level area next to a building

• the surface features of an area of land

Multiple Choice

President Roosevelt had a home in Warm Springs, Georgia because the geothermal pools helped his ailing condition.

• the study of the nonliving things that the Earth is made of

• a science that looks at the location of living and nonliving things on Earth and the way they affect one another

• the heat from inside the Earth

• a level area next to or a part of a building

• the surface features of an area of land

Multiple Choice

I enjoy studying geography and learning where different places are located.

• the study of non living things that the Earth is made of

• the use of natural heat from Earth

• a science that looks at the location of living and nonliving things on Earth and the way they affect one another

• a level area next to or a part of a building

• the surface features of an area of land

Multiple Choice

As the day warmed up, he opened up the door to the terrace to let some fresh air in.

• a level area next to or a part of a building

• the study of nonliving things that the Earth is made of

• the surface features of an area of land

• a science that looks at the location of living and nonliving things on Earth and the way they affect one another

• heat from inside the Earth

Multiple Choice

Both geology and geography can study terrain. However, geology looks at how it was formed while geography considers how people use it.

• a level area next to or a part of a building

• the heat from inside the Earth

• the study of nonliving things that the Earth is made of

• the surface features of an area of land

• a science that looks at the location of living and nonliving things on Earth and the way they affect one another