Roots and Affixes

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to understand prefixes, suffixes, and roots when learning new vocabulary words?

• It helps you guess the meaning of unfamiliar words

• It makes reading more difficult

• It is only useful for English class

• It helps you write longer sentences

Open Ended

How do the prefixes 'pre-' and 'post-' change the meaning of a word? Give examples from the warm-ups.

Multiple Select

Which of the following roots or suffixes can be used to describe something that cannot be heard?

• -ful

• auto

• in-

• -ible