Prefixes and Suffixes
What suffix signals "not" or "the opposite of"?
-un
What state has Times Square?
New York
Please solve
6 x 5 + (2 + 1) =
33
What is an adverb?
[BONUS +100 points] What suffix does an adverb have? Give an example of one.
An adverb is a word that tells you HOW something is done.
[BONUS] -ly; examples include happily, terribly, early, popularly, angrily, totally
What state has the most lobster?
Maine
What prefix signals "again"?
-re
What state has the football team, the Philadelphia Eagles?
Pennsylvania
Please solve
72 รท 8
9
Where do you add a comma in the following sentence?
It was a windy Wednesday so the children's fundraiser will have to be postponed.
[BONUS +200pts:] What does postponed mean?
After the introductory phrase, windy Wednesday.
It was a windy Wednesday, so the children's fundraiser will have to be postponed.
[BONUS +200pts:] Delayed or put off for later.
What is the capital of Massachusetts?
Boston
Give three examples of words with a 'dis' prefix.
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What state has some of the oldest mountains in the world?
West Virginia
Please solve
(10 x 6) - (15 x 2) =
30
Use the following subject and verb to make a complete sentence. The sentence must include an adverb.
SUBJECT: Tiger
VERB: Ate
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What state is an island?
Hawaii
What something signals 'bad or badly'?
Give an example.
mis-
What is the first state in the U.S.?
Delaware
In this question, which operation comes first?
(16 x 7) x 2 + 104 - 50 =
[BONUS +100pts]: What do you get when you solve the first operation?
Parenthesis
[BONUS] 112
Please edit the following sentences.
After the big fight I thought Sarah and Bradley would never be friends again. Luckily they had a talk and shared their tru feelings with each other.
After the big fight, I thought Sarah and Bradley would never be friends again. Luckily, they had a talk and shared their true feelings with each other.
Which state is the smallest?
Rhode Island
-en
Who is Punxsutawney Phil and what holiday does he represent?
Groundhog that predicts the weather for Groundhog's Day.
What number is in the hundred thousand's place?
45,851,652
[BONUS +100pts:] Read this number correctly.
8
[BONUS] Forty-five million, eight-hundred fifty-one thousand, six hundred fifty-two.
What is a noun?
Give five examples of nouns.
A person, place, or thing.
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What state has Montpelier as its capital?
Vermont