Context Clues

What do we call letters added to the front/beginning of a base word?

• a prefix

• a suffix

• a root

• none of these

What do we call letters added to the back/end of a base word?

• a prefix

• a root

• a suffix

• none of these

Some words contain both a prefix and a suffix.

• true

• false

Adding a suffix to a word can change the word's part of speech.

• true

• false

What do you call a word part that is added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning?

• Compound

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Affix

Adding either a prefix or suffix to a base word can change the meaning of the base word, creating a new word.

• true

• false

The prefixes il, un, and dis ( as in illegal, unpopular, and dislike) all mean....

• before

• again

• not

• partly

What does a word structure context clue allow us to do?

• Evaluating other words somewhere in the sentence that has a similar meaning to the unknown word.

• Analyze the parts of the word to determine the meaning. This includes looking at the origin, root word, prefixes, and suffixes.

• Change the meaning of the word by rearranging the sentence to meet the proper structure.

What is a context clue?

• A hint to help understand a difficult word

• A type of punctuation

• A grammatical rule

• A synonym

Which of the following is a type of context clue?

• Definition

• Punctuation

• Verb tense

• Conjunction