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Roots and Affixes

Authored by Gail Dubow-Young

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 26+ times

Roots and Affixes
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is a root word?

Main part of the word that gives the basic meaning of the word

Word part added to the beginning of a base word

Word part added to the end of a base word

A complete word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is a prefix?

Main part of the word that gives the basic meaning of the word

Word part added to the beginning of a base word

Word part added to the end of a base word

A complete word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is a suffix?

Main part of the word that gives the basic meaning of the word

Word part added to the beginning of a base word

Word part added to the end of a base word

A complete word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which root means "to see" or "to look"?

ible/able

spect

aud

fore

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which root means "to carry"?

tele

scop

mort

port

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The coach of the high school basketball team had a paternal relationship with his players, who knew they could always count on him to be supportive.

Based on the word "paternal," what does the root pater- mean?

fast

academic

sound

father

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which prefix means "before" or "front"?

pre

post

scrib/script

graph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

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