Root Words, Suffixes and Prefixes

What is a prefix?

• an affix added to the middle of a word

• an affix added to the end of a word

• an affix added to the beginning of a word

What is a suffix?

• an affix added to the beginning of a word

• an affix added to the middle of a word

• an affix added to the end of a word

What is the meaning of the word misbehave?

• behave after something

• behave before others

• behave correctly

• behave wrongly

The prefix anti, as in the word antihero, means ...?

• before

• repeat, or do again

• against or the opposite of

• with or together

What does the word beautiful mean?

• wrongly beautiful

• beautiful again

• beautiful before

• full of beauty

Learning the meaning of root words, prefixes and suffixes help readers do what?

What happens to a word when a prefix is added?

• the word's meaning changes

• it turns into a different language

• it changes to a different part of speech

Check the prefixes that mean "not".

• un-

• dis-

• re-

• pre-

• non-

What happens to a word when a suffix is added?

• changes the meaning of the word and sometimes changes the part of speech as well

• only changes the meaning of the word

• only changes the part of speech

What suffixes change the word from singular to plural

Clue:

dog → dogs

glass → glasses

• -s/-es

• -y

• -ment

• -er