Mighty Morphology

What is morphology?

• the study of transformers

• the study of word parts and their meanings

• the process of a tadpole turning into a frog

• the study of how words sound, phonetics

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Match the following

• on

• re

• again, back

• un

• not, reversal

• ir

• opposite of

• in

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

What is one example of a word that contains the prefix re-?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Match the following roots to their meanings.

• to hear

• flect/flex

• to believe

• aud

• to shape

• form

• to bend

• dic(t)

• to say or tell

• cred

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Give an example of a word that contains the root ject.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match the following suffixes to their meanings.

• one who

• ible

• able to

• er

• action of, state of

• (t)ion

• characterized by

• ly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a word that contains the suffix -able?

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

A prefix is...

• fixing something before it needs it

• a word part with meaning added the end of a word.

• a word part with meaning added the beginning of a word.

• to be in one place

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

Reorder the following so that you make a complete word with a prefix, root and suffix.

• spect

• able

• re

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

A suffix is...

• A word part with meaning added to the end of a root word

• A group of lines in a poem

• A word part with meaning added to the beginning of a root word

• Something that is enough

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A