English 9 Week 5 Vocab Quiz

Root Word

• The top part of a plant
• The past tense of a word
• Base form of a word
• A type of mathematical equation

Prefix

• A suffix added to the end of a word
• A punctuation mark at the beginning of a sentence
• A group of letters placed before the root of a word to change its meaning
• A type of tree with broad leaves

Suffix

• A type of tree with needle-like leaves
• A letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
• A punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence
• A letter or a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning

Affix

• A musical instrument
• A type of food
• A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form
• A type of insect

Fiction

• A literary work that is based on imagination and not on real events or people
• A documentary film about real-life events
• A biography of a famous historical figure
• A scientific report based on research findings

Non-fiction

• A literary genre that presents factual information
• A form of poetry
• A type of ancient language
• A type of fictional story