Context Clues, Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are context clues?
Context Clues are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.
Secrets I can find.
The setting of a story.
Specific points the author wants to make.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What statement about prefixes, suffixes, and roots is true?
They all help identify a words context and make it easier to understand what a word means.
Roots are seen at the end of a word.
Prefixes and suffixes are seen in the middle of a word.
None of these statements are true.
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.L.3.4C
CCSS.L.3.4B
CCSS.RF.3.3A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It is a group of letters placed before the root word.
prefix
suffix
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.L.3.4C
CCSS.L.3.4B
CCSS.RF.3.3B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What do we call letters added to the back/end of a root word?
a prefix
a root
a suffix
none of these
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CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.L.3.4C
CCSS.RF.3.3A
CCSS.RF.3.3B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Some words contain both a prefix and a suffix.
true
false
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.L.3.4C
CCSS.RF.3.3A
CCSS.RF.3.3B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The thermos kept my soup hot all day. I felt warm, so mom took my temperature with the thermometer. The room was too cold, so we turned up the thermostat. From these examples, you can tell that the root therm means...
heat
food
fill
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
Some bikes have straps on the pedals to keep your feet in place. I went with mom to have a pedicure before warm weather arrived and I started wearing sandals or flipflops. While hiking, I wore a pedometer to measure how many steps I walked. You can tell from these examples that the root ped means...
arm
fly
foot
person
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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