Determining Word Meanings with Suffixes

What does the suffix -ive typically indicate in a word?

• Adverb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

what does the suffix "-ive" mean?

• before beginning

• likely to

• above an object

• someone's age

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

What does the suffix -age usually mean in a word?

• Material, substance, or condition

• State or condition of being

• Quality or condition of

• the result of something happening

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does protective mean?

• the result of being protecting

• a person who protects someone

• likely to protect people

• easy to protect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What word means the result of putting something into a box?

• package

• collective

• Imaginative

• packed

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

What word means likely to have things or have new ideas?

• linkage

• reactive

• creative

• creatage

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Our cat does not like to be touched so I was surprised she was so _____________ cooperative at the vet's office. She allowed the vet to pick her up.

• negative

• positive

• cooperative

• productive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A ____________ in one of our kitchen pipes caused the sink to overflow.

• blockage

• drainage

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the definition of "supportive"?

• likely to support someone

• not likely to support someone

• being supported by someone

• a person who supports someone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

the result of being separated into pieces

• stopive

• breakage

• interruptive

• stopage

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E