AFFIXES (Prefix and Suffix)

What is Affixes?

• A. placed before the word.

• B. Letters or syllables added before or after a word. When adding, the meaning of the word changes.

• C. Added after a base word.

What is Prefix?

• A. A group of letters placed after the root of a word.

• B. One or more letters or syllables attached to the beginning or end of a word to change the word’s meaning.

• C. A group of letters which we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning.

Which word means not convenient?

• A. Convenient

• B. Convenience

• C. Inconvenient

If afraid means scared, what does unafraid mean?

• A. not scared

• B. scared away

• C. scary

Your mom asked you to reheat the pasta. What does reheat mean?

• A. heat again

• B. hot

• C. refrigerate it

Samantha used the precooked meat for her dish. What does precooked mean?

• A. not cooked

• B. under cooked

• C. cooked before

Betty will have to retype her report because it got lost. What does retype mean?

• A. Type again

• B. no typing

Choose the proper word to complete the sentence.

There is one more ___________to watch before the movie.

• A. Preschool

• B. Preview

Choose the proper word to complete the sentence.

I cannot ___________ my shoe lace without help.

• A. untie

• B. unable

Kylie is 3 years old now and gets to go to __________ each day.

• A. unable

• B. preschool