Affixes

What is a suffix?

• word part at the end

• word part at the beginning

• word part in the middle

• root word

What is a prefix? 

• Word part in the middle

• word part at the end

• root word

• word part at the beginning

Fill in the blank: 
Everyone adored the baby. The baby was ador_____. 

• -tion

• -ible

• -able

• -ing

Fill in the blank: 
My mom wanted milk without fat. 
She wanted ___fat milk. 

• non-

• pre-

• re-

• un- 

Fill in the blank: 
Dinosaurs existed at the beginning of time. 
These times were called ___historic. 

• non-

• pre-

• un-

• re-

Fill in the blank: 
The mountains were filled with beauty. 
They were beauti___.

• -ous

• -ing

• -sion

• -ful

Which prefix DOES NOT mean not, without? 

• non- 

• un-

• re-

• dis- 

Which suffix means one who? 

• -ing

• -er/-or

• -tion

• -ous

Fill in the blank: 
Juan and I __agreed about who won the game. 

• mis-

• pre-

• sub-

• dis-

Fill in the blank: 
Elizabeth loves to paint. She wants to be a paint__ when she grows up. 

• -ing 

• -er

• -ous

• re-