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Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefixes and Suffixes

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English, World Languages

9th - 12th Grade

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Prefixes and Suffixes

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Vocabulary Building: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

  • Many words are made up of one or more parts. The root of a word is the part that carries the most meaning. Affixes are word parts that change the meaning or function of a word, and they can be added before or after the root.

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Vocabulary Building: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A prefix is an affix that is added to the beginning of the word, and a suffix is added to the end.

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- ful

with this quality 

used with nouns, mainly

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- ish


with this quality 

also gives the idea of similarity

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- less

without this quality

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Multiple Choice

Which suffix combines with ALL the nouns?


care / end / home / relent / taste / use

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full

2

ish

3

less

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Multiple Choice

Which suffix combines with ALL the nouns?


bull / child / devil / fool / hell / self

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full

2

less

3

ish

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Multiple Choice

Which suffix combines with ALL the nouns?


doubt / help / pain / stress / tear / thought

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full

2

ish

3

less

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank:

Everyone adored the baby. The baby was ador_____.

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tion

2

able

3

ible

4

ing

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Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank:

My mom wanted milk without fat.

She wanted ___fat milk.

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non

2

re

3

pre

4

un

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Multiple Choice

Which prefix means off, down or away from?

1

de

2

anti

3

dis

4

il

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Multiple Choice

Which suffix means one who?

1

ing

2

tion

3

er/or

4

ous

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Multiple Choice

Which suffix means able to, can be done?

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ing

2

er/or

3

able/ible

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ous

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Multiple Choice

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't hear you correctly. I _____understood you.

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dis

2

re

3

under

4

mis

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Multiple Choice

Which prefix for equality to create the opposite meaning?

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in

2

dis

3

un

4

miss

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Multiple Choice

The destruction of large areas of forest by machines like bulldozers is called

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undeforestation

2

reforestation

3

deforestation

4

disforestation

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Multiple Choice

Increasing aware... on environmental issues is crucial.

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ness

2

ment

3

age

4

ance

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following cannot use the suffix -ness?

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cheerful

2

dark

3

gentle

4

honest

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