Roots and Affixes

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

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

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

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

• ible/able

• spect

• aud

• fore

Which root means "to hear"?

• tele

• scop

• ence/ance

• aud

Which root means "to write"?

• graph

• jud

• auto

• scrib/script

Which prefix means "before" or "front"?

• pre

• post

• scrib/script

• graph

Which suffix means "capable of" or "able to be"?

• ful

• less

• ible/able

• im/in/il

Which root means "to judge" or "to make decisions"?

• graph

• jud

• auto

• pre

Which suffix means "without" or "lacking"?

• pre

• ful

• scrib/script

• less