Vocabulary Surge Lesson 5

A ___________ is a word part added before a base word that changes the word's meaning.

• suffix

• root word

• base word

• prefix

The weatherman's __________ called for rain in the afternoon.

• foreground

• before

• forecast
• precast

Maggie met her friend at noon for a ________ snack.

• midnight

• midyear

• midway

• midday

Dad will _________ the oven before he bakes the cookies.

• preheat
• prearrange

• preview

• preview

My stomach hurt after I _______ at lunch.

• overheat

• overate

• overeat
• overdue

The ________ transports people beneath the busy streets of a large city.

• subtraction

• subway
• underway

• underneath

Is the underlined part a prefix? underground.

• yes

• no

Is the underlined part a prefix? submarine

• yes

• no

A _______________________ is a word part added before a base word that changes the word's meaning.

• suffix

• root word

• base word

• prefix

Check all of the words that use the prefix - mid

• midday

• midyear

• midman

• midnight