Exploring English Word Structure: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

What is the primary goal of this lesson?

• To learn basic English grammar

• To understand the structure of sentences

• To practice pronunciation

• To expand vocabulary from 2000 to over 15000 words

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the morpheme 'morph-' mean?

• Sound

• Shape

• Meaningful

• Language

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which of the following is an example of a root?

• eat

• -ly

• civil

• un-

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a prefix?

• A morpheme added to the beginning of a root

• A grammatical suffix

• A word that can stand alone

• A suffix added to the end of a 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

Which suffix can be added to 'quick' to form an adverb?

• -s

• -ing

• -ed

• -ly

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CCSS.L.3.2E

What is the function of grammatical suffixes?

• To form prefixes

• To create new words

• To add grammatical information

• To change the class of a word

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following is a derivational suffix?

• -s

• -ly

• -'s

• -ed

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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 a word family?

• Words that have the same suffix

• A group of words with the same prefix

• All words that can be made from a single root

• Words that rhyme with each other

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of the following words is part of the word family of 'expect'?

• Expectation

• Explode

• Civilize

• Shape

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CCSS.L.2.2D

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does mastering word families help with?

• Achieving English fluency

• Understanding sentence structure

• Learning basic grammar

• Improving pronunciation

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CCSS.L.2.2D

CCSS.L.3.2F