Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words in Morphology

What is the meaning of the word prefix? 

• A word within a word
• A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
• A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning
• A stand alone 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 meaning of the word suffix? 

• A word within a word
• A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
• A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning
• A stand alone 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

What is the meaning of root word? 

• A word within a word
• A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
• A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning
• A stand alone word

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does unhurt mean? 

• Hurt badly
• Hurt
• Not hurt
• In pain

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If you take the prefix away from disagree, the root word is agree. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If you take the suffix away from unbreakable the root word is breakable. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If you take the suffix away from unbreakable the root word is breakable. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What are you doing if you reread a book? 

• Reading it for the first time
• Recycling it
• Reading it again
• Not doing anything with it

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Look at the following words and use your context clues to identify what the prefix "re" means. 
Redo, retry, retouch, and retake. 

• Do again
• recycle
• Ignore
• Enjoy

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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 a group of letters that you add to the start of a root word. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A