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Prefixes Suffixes and Roots

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

5th Grade

CCSS covered

Prefixes Suffixes and Roots
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which word contains a root word that means nature?

physical

fertilize

drainage

solitary

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which word has a root word that means to shape?

transform

suspend

suburban

fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which suffix does not mean "act of" or "state of" or "result of"? Think of words to confirm your choices.

-ion

-ation

-ery

-sion

-tion

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose all the prefixes that mean "not" or "opposite". Think of words to confirm your choices.

dis-

un-

in-

non-

mis

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which has a suffix that means without?

hopeful

underfed

helpless

badly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a "root" word?

Holds the most basic meaning of any word

A word that has to do with plants

The beginning of a word

The first word in a compound word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where do most roots in the English language come from? (check all that apply)

Latin

Greek

Spanish

Japanese

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

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