Affixes/Reference Materials

What is an affix?

• word part that comes before the root word

• word part that comes after the root word

• word part at the beginning or end of a word

What is a suffix?

• word part that comes at the end of the root word

• word part that comes at the beginning of the root word

• word part at the beginning or end of a word

What is a prefix?

• an affix that comes at the end of the word

• an affix that comes at the beginning of the word

• a word part at the beginning or end of a word

What is a root word?

• grows on trees

• base word (comes from Greek or Latin)

• a word part at the beginning or end of a word

Prefixes can change the meaning of a word

• True

• False

Synonyms are

• words that have opposite meanings

• words that have similar meanings

Antonyms are

• words that have opposite meanings

• words that have similar meanings

If you want to find out how a word is pronounced you look in a

• thesaurus

• glossary

• dictionary

If you want to find a more complex word for a simple word you should look in a

• glossary

• thesaurus

• dictionary

If you want to find the definition of vocabulary words in your text book you should look in a

• glossary

• thesaurus

• dictionary