Affixes, Suffixes, and Prefixes

What are affixes?

• Affixes are small word particles, usually only a few letters, added to a root word to change its meaning or grammatical properties

• Affixes are things that stick, fasten, or attach (Something) to something else

• Affixes are when people die

• Affixes are the beginning of the word

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Select the suffix in the word: Followed

• ow

• fol

• ed

• follow

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

"Patrick could not recall ever being so far away from home." What does the word "recall" mean?

• again

• go to bed and sleep

• move

• remember

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CCSS.L.5.5C

What are prefixes?

• A prefix is the ending of a word that is specifically a verb

• A prefix is the way a word is spelled

• A prefix is a letter or group of letters, for example 'UN-' or 'multi-', which is added to the beginning of a word in order to form a different word.

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word has a prefix?

• resting

• predator

• recalculate

• reader

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which prefix means "Before?"

• pro

• re

• ea

• pre

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What are Suffixes?

• Suffixes are morphemes added at the end of a word to form a derivative

• Synonyms of a word
• Root words
• Prefixes added to the beginning of a word

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A prefix goes________ the root of the word.

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the suffix in the word astonishment?

• a

• stonish

• ment

• ent

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A suffix is added to the ____________ of the word.

• beginning

• middle

• end

• beginning-middle

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A