Suffix review

What is a suffix?

• Something added to the end of a root word to change its meaning

• A root word

• The beginning of a word

• A prefix

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CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

What is a root word?

• A suffix

• A prefix

• The main part of a word

• The end of a word

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

How does the suffix -ing change a word's meaning?

• It makes a root word become present tense

• It makes a root word past tense

• It makes a root word future tense

• It makes a root word mean nothing

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CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3B

How does the suffix -ed change a word?

• It makes a root word future tense

• It makes a root word past tense

• It compares root words

• It adds details

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

What do the root words -er & -est do to a word?

• They help us compare two words or nouns

• They make a root word past tense

• The make a root word less important

• They do nothing to a root word

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Which shows how to correctly add -er to the root word "happy"?

• happyer

• happier

• hapyer

• hapier

Where is a suffix in a word?

• In the begginning

• At the end

• In the middle

• Before the word

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CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

What is the root word and suffix in the word "jumped"

• jump + ed

• jumpe + d

• jum + ped

• jumped + ed

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

True or False: You need to drop the silent e at the end of a word to add the suffix -ed.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

True or false: the suffix -er compares MORE than two things

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F