Semester 1 Root & Affix Review

It is important to know root words because they help you to

• figure out words you may not know.
• understand higher level texts.
• increase your stored vocabulary skills.
• ALL OF THESE THINGS

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.8.5B

Some books include this introductory chapter telling the reader about the lives of the characters before

the book begins.

• eulogy

• epilogue

• prologue

• dialog

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When the student got to the end of the book, he was excited to see there was an epilogue for him to learn about what happened to his favorite character. What does the root log mean?

• word, idea, speech, reason

• word; name

• across; through

• send

Which word means to put money into an account?

• depose
• post
• proposal
• deposit

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

What is the root that means to place or put?

• pos
• sed
• sid 
• pot

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Select all of the statements that are true

• prefixes change the meaning of a word

• suffixes change the meaning of a word

• suffixes change the part of speech or how a word is used in a sentence

• prefixes change the part of speech or how a word is used in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

What is a suffix?

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

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

What is a prefix? 

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

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

Karen left her Chromebook out in the rain, and it would not turn back on. It was now useless. What does the suffix "less" mean?

• without; lacking

• full of

• after

• the state of being

the root word "form" means ________

• to inform

• to reform

• to make or to shape

• cruciform