Prefixes

Prefixes and Suffixes

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A group of letters added to the beginning or ending of a word to change the word's meaning

Examples: prefix, pretest, preview, precaution, review, retest, rewrite, untold, dislike.........

Multiple Choice

A prefix is a word part that is added to the _________ of a word.

• end

• middle

• beginning

• top

Multiple Choice

What is the prefix in the word untie?

• tie

• un

• unti

• pre

Multiple Select

Which of the following prefixes means "not"?

• im-

• un-

• anti-

• mis-

FOR EXAMPLE:

If you have the word friendly and you add the prefix "un-" to the front of the word friendly, the word now means the opposite. The prefix "un" means not.

Multiple Choice

Cindy felt it was unfair that she got in trouble for breaking the lamp, but her sister didn't.

The word unfair means-

• not fair

• before fair

• fair again

• breakable

Examples: careful, cheerful, colorful, careless, washable, comfortable, teacher, driver.......

Multiple Choice

A suffix is a word part that comes at the _____ of the word.

• on top

• beginning

• rhyme

• end

For Example:

If you have the word teach, which is a verb: something that you do, and you add the suffix "-er" to the end, it becomes someone who teaches. It changes from something you do: a verb to someone: a noun. The suffix "-er" means the person who.

Multiple Choice

Which suffix can you add to the word "reason" to make a new word?

• -ful

• -ion

• -or

• -able

Multiple Choice

Tom and Jerry disagreed on what TV show to watch. That means they-

• did not agree

• agreed again

• did agree

• stopped agreeing

Multiple Choice

The suffix -less, like in the word fearless means:

• full of

• with

• without

• in a way

Multiple Choice

The prefix re, like in the word replay means-

• not

• again

• before

• dis

Multiple Choice

Gabe wanted to invent things when he grew up, so his dream was to become an inventor. The suffix -or means -

• the one who

• the answer is

• the thing that does

• nothing

Multiple Choice

What do you do if you reread a book?

• read it

• don't read it

• read it again

• read it for the first time

Multiple Choice

What does the prefix 'dis' do to the word appeared in this sentence?

The cat disappeared before her very eyes.

• It tells you that the cat appeared bigger than before.

• It tells you that the cat appeared to be further away.

• It tells you that the cat vanished.