Roots and Affixes with the Jonas Brothers

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Root words form the ____ of different words and help give them meaning.

Multiple Select

What do you add to root words that can change the meaning?

• prefixes

• alliteration

• suffixes

• figurative language

Multiple Choice

Which of the roots below means "life"?

• bio

• chron

• graph

• photo

Multiple Choice

What does the root "chron" mean?

• time

• collaborate

• self

• growth

Multiple Choice

What does the root "photo" mean?

• picture

• light

• write

• time

Multiple Choice

What does the root "auto" mean?

• self

• graph

• car

• measure

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Prefixes are found at the _________ of words.

Multiple Choice

Root words can be used as prefixes.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

If I add the prefix "re-" to the word "read", what would that mean?

• to read backwards

• to read before

• to read again

• to read quickly

Multiple Choice

If I add the prefix "pre-" to the word "test", what would that mean?

• to test before

• to test again

• to test quickly

• to not test

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Suffixes are found at the ___ of words.

Multiple Choice

Root words can also be suffixes.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

If I add the suffix "-able" to the word "laugh", what would that mean?

• can't laugh

• able to laugh

• laugh again

• evil laugh

Multiple Choice

If I add the suffix "-ation" to the word "graduate", what would that mean?

• the act of graduating

• someone who is graduating

• to graduate again

• to graduate alone

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence and pay attention to the underlined word.

"Kevin, Nick, and Joe posed for the paparazzi to take photographs of them outside of the Waffle House."

If the root "photo" means light and the root "graph" means write, what does the word photograph mean?

• an image made by using light

• a book written about oneself

• data on a table

• to write a story

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence and pay attention to the underlined word.

"Kevin, Nick, and Joe used their private jet to transport them to their private concert in Texas."

If the root "port" means to carry, what does the word transport mean?

• to walk across

• to carry across

• able to carry something

• to go on a cruise ship

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence and pay attention to the underlined word.

"Nick Jonas sings 'baby, who turned the temperature hotter?' in the song 'Burnin' Up'. To know that the temperature, Nick Jonas would have to you as a thermometer."

If the root "meter" means measure, what does the word thermometer mean?

• an instrument that measures depth

• an instrument that measures width

• an instrument that measures rain

• an instrument that measures heat

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence and pay attention to the underlined word.

"The Jonas Brothers are an internationally known pop/rock band."

If the root "natio-" means nation and the prefix "inter-" means between, what word or phrase is the best definition of the word internationally mean?

• locally

• globally

• regionally

• across the nation

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence and pay attention to the underlined word.

"As The Jonas Brothers headed to the stage, they heard an audible screech come from a person in the front row."

If the root "aud" means to hear and the suffix "-ible" means able to, which word is the best synonym of the word audible?

• neccessary

• too complicated

• realistic

• loud

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence and pay attention to the underlined word.

"The Jonas Brothers are so grateful to have had such a long and profitable career."

If the root "grat" means pleasing and the suffix "-ful" means having or giving, what does the word grateful mean in the sentence?

• thankful

• eager

• greatly impatient

• responsible