Morphemes: Roots & Affixes

The meaning of the prefix "in"

• opposite of

• bad, wrong

• not, apart

• in, into, toward

"Bad or wrong"

• In

• Mis

• Un

• Im

"re" means

• in, into, toward

• bad

• opposite of

• again or back

True/false: bound roots stand on their own to function as words

• True

• False

"dis" means

• together

• not or apart

• opposite

• toward

"pre" means

• after or following

• during or meanwhile

• before or earlier

• always, constant

"sus" means "under"

• True

• False

This suffix makes a word past-tense

• -ing

• -ed

• -ly

• -s

The prefix "con" means

• apart

• to follow

• together

• to carry

This root word means "to pull"

• tract

• port

• form

• rupt