Root, prefix or suffix

What is a root word?

• Part of a tree that grows in the ground

• Letters added to the end of a word to give the word new meaning

• letters added to the beginning of a word to make a word have a new meaning

• The part of a word that tells its meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a prefix?

• Letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning

• Letters that are added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning

• The center part of a word that tells the meaning

• A meal that comes with appetizer, entrée and dessert

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a suffix?

• Letters added to the end of a word to change the meaning

• Letters added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning

• the center of a word that tells the meaning

• Letters added to both the beginning and the end of a word to change the meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of these words is using a prefix and a suffix with a base word in the middle?

• resubmit

• loaded

• Autobiography

• before

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A