Affixes (Duval County List) Level 3

Affixes (Duval County List) Level 3

The prefix in- means not

• For example:

• Inactive means not active or not working.

• Insane means not sane or sound of mind.

The suffix -ful means full of

• For example:

• Beautiful means full of beauty.

• If something is painful, it causes the person to be full of pain.

Multiple Choice

Choose the word with the prefix in- meaning not.

• inhumane

• industry

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Choose the word with the prefix in- meaning not.

• interview

• incurable

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Choose the word with the prefix in- meaning not.

• inpatient

• indirect

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Choose the word with the suffix -ful meaning full of.

• gleeful

• full

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What does dreadful mean?

• extremely appealing

• causing great desire

• full of dread or terrible feeling

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What does lawful mean?

• the opposite of awful

• obeying the law

• not allowed by the law

• violent and aggressive by nature

The suffix -less means without.

• For example:

• Careless means without care.

• Helpless means in need of help or unable to do something by itself.

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Choose ALL words that end with -less meaning without.

• ambitionless

• pressureless

• cushionless

• less

• unless

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Choose ALL words that end with -less meaning without.

• doubtless

• bless

• gasless

• ribless

• unless

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Choose ALL words that end with -less meaning without.

• bless

• mirthless

• spaceless

• cloudless

• unless

The suffix -y means characterized by or like

• For example: Fishy things smell like a fish.

• Cloudy days are characterized by having a lot of clouds.

• Responsibility is characterized by being responsible.

Multiple Select

Choose ALL the words that end in -y with the meaning characterized by or like.

• straightaway

• conductivity

• irritability

• already

• untrustworthy

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Choose ALL the words that end in -y with the meaning characterized by or like.

• nearby

• unity

• sticky

• johnny

The suffix -ly means characteristic of.

• For example:

• Unfriendly means characterized by not being like a friend.

• Historically means in accordance with history.

• Regrettably means characterized by regret.

Multiple Choice

Select the word ending in -ly that means characteristic of as an adverb.

• badly

• only

Multiple Choice

Select the word ending in -ly that means characteristic of as an adverb.

• sly

• nobly

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Select the word ending in -ly that means characteristic of as an adverb.

• ply

• cooly

Multiple Choice

Select the word ending in -ly that means characteristic of as an adverb.

• dimly

• ugly