Roots and Affixes

Which word means an underwater ship?

• mariner

• submarine

• boat

• battleship

Which root word in the word submarine means the sea?

• sub

• mar

• ine

• marine

The root words "vis" and "vid", as in the word "video" mean what? 

• to hear
• be able
• to see
• to throw

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

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

• non-
• pre-
• re-
• un- 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A prefix goes _________of a word.

• at the end
• at the beginning
• in the middle

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A suffix goes _______of a word.

• at the beginning
• in the middle
• at the end 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does the root word "cycle" mean?

• circle or wheel
• fire
• to act out

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Read the following sentence: "We're unplugging, disconnecting, whatever you want to call it." In which word does the prefix dis- have the same meaning as it does in the word disconnecting?

• Distance

• Disappear

• Dishes

• Discussion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following suffixes means "someone who..."?

• -able

• -ness

• -er

• -tion

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A homeless man is __________ so he sleeps on the street.

• Penny-less

• Pennyless

• Penniless

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A