Exploring Word Formation: Prefixes, Root Words, and Suffixes

What are the three main components of a word?

• Subject, object, and predicate

• Phrase, clause, and sentence

• Noun, verb, and adjective

• Root, prefix, and suffix

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the base word that can be modified by adding prefixes or suffixes?

• Prefix

• Root word

• Suffix

• Compound word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which Greek word means 'circle'?

• Hypno

• Cycle

• Action

• Bi

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

What does the prefix 'bi-' mean?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which prefix means 'before'?

• Un-

• Re-

• Pre-

• Anti-

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4B

What does the prefix 'anti-' mean?

• Before

• Against

• With

• After

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

What does the suffix '-ful' indicate?

• Comparison

• Past tense

• Full of

• Without

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

Which suffix turns a word into its past tense form?

• -ed

• -less

• -ful

• -able

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

What is the root word in 'readable'?

• Able

• Read

• Re

• Readab

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Can a word have only a prefix and a suffix without a root word?

• Yes

• No

• Depends on the word

• Sometimes

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C