Prefix/Suffix revised for ESL

What is a suffix?

• word part at the end
• word part at the beginning
• word part in the middle
• root word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a prefix? 

• Word part in the middle
• word part at the end
• root word
• word part at the beginning

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

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

• -tion
• -ible
• -able
• -ing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

• non-
• pre-
• re-
• un- 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

• non-
• pre-
• un-
• re-

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

• -ous
• -ing
• -sion
• -ful

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

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

• mis-
• pre-
• sub-
• dis-

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Fill in the blank: 
Olivia and I were walk___ fast to class.

• -ed
• -ing
• -ous
• -er

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

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

• -ing 
• -er
• -ous
• re-

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

What prefix is in the word prefix? 

• -fix
• re-
• none
• pre-

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A