Roots and Affixes

What is a root word?

• The entire word

• The base of a word or a whole word

• A part added to the beginning of a word

• A part added to the end of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a prefix?

• A part added to the beginning of a word

• A whole word

• A part added to the end of a word

• The base of a word or a whole word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a suffix?

• The base of a word or an entire word

• A part added to the beginning of a word

• It's a part of speech

• A part added to the end of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the purpose of a prefix?

• It changes the meaning of a word or adds to the meaning

• It determines the part of speech

• It tells us the meaning of a word

• It makes words longer and more confusing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is one purpose of a suffix?

• It can create an antonym/opposite word

• It tells us the word's meaning

• It can show us the part of speech of that word

• It is the start of a word; we build words from it

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a "Part of Speech"?

• It is the way we talk

• It is a certain accent

• It is a grammar rule about spelling

• It is the job a word has in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which set of suffixes will make verbs?

• ment, er/or/ar, ian/cian, ist, sion, tion, es, s

• able/ible, er/ier, est, less, ful, ous/ious/cious, ish, ive, y, ial

• ize/ise, ate, ine, ing, ed/d, en

• y, ly

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which set of suffixes will make adverbs?

• y, ly

• able/ible, er/ier, est, less, ful, ous/ious/cious, ish, ive, y, ial

• ize/ise, ate, ine, ing, ed/d, en

• ment, er/or/ar, ian/cian, ist, sion, tion, es, s

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which set of suffixes will make nouns?

• able/ible, er/ier, est, less, ful, ous/ious/cious, ish, ive, y, ial

• ly, y

• ize/ise, ate, ine, ing, ed/d, en

• ment, er/or/ar, ian/cian, ist, sion, tion, es, s

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which of suffixes can make adjectives?

• y, ly

• able/ible, er/ier, est, less, ful, ous/ious/cious, ish, ive, y, ial

• ize/ise, ate, ine, ing, ed/d, en

• ment, er/or/ar, ian/cian, ist, sion, tion, es, s

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E