Prefixes=Numbers
If I know the prefix "bi," then I know that a bicycle has how many wheels?
a. one
b. two
c. three
b. two
What does the prefix re- mean?
a. again
b. not
c. under
a. again
If I know the suffix 'or' then I know an actor means ...
a. one who acts
b. acted yesterday
c. has not acted yet or is acting now
a. one who acts
What is the base word of "careless"?
a. care
b. less
c. careless
a. care
slowly, quickly, and sadly all have the same ...
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. root word
b. suffix
How many events would you compete in if you entered a triathlon?
a. one
b. three
c. four
b. three
What form of transportation takes you UNDER the water?
a. tricycle
b. submarine
c. boat
b. submarine
Which of the following words has a suffix?
a: everyone
b: officially
c: winter
d: certain
b: officially
What comes at the beginning of a word?
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. base word
a. prefix
What are synonyms?
huge, giant
a. words that mean the same
b. words that are opposite
a. words that mean the same
What is the name for a mythical creature with one horn?
a. pugacorn
b. unocorn
c. unicorn
c. unicorn
What is the prefix in the word "encode?"
a. en
b. code
c. de
a. en
If I know the suffix 'en' then I know a word that means "to make, or become stronger" is...
a. weaken
b. thicken
c. strengthen
c. strengthen
Micro- means "very small." In the words microscope and microchip, micro- is the ...
a. root word
b. suffix
c. prefix
c. prefix
Are the words huge and giant are...
a. synonyms
b. antonyms
a. synonyms
What is the name for something you ride with three wheel?
a. tricycle
b. bicycle
c. unicycle
a. tricycle
If I know the prefix "pre" then I know a prefix comes...
a. before the word
b. after the word
c. in the middle of the word
a. before the word
If you are a typist, you are . . .
a. someone who tips
b. someone who makes typos or errors
c. someone who types
c. someone who types
What comes at the end of a word, for example, -ed, -ing, -er, -ion?
a. suffix
b. prefix
c. root word
a. suffix
What is a verb?
a. a person, place, thing, or idea (ex. teacher, school, cat)
b. describes something (ex. pretty, huge, colorful)
c. shows action (ex. run, skip, hop)
c. shows action (ex. run, skip, hop)
What is the word for something that happens every two weeks?
a. weekly
b. monthly
c. biweekly
c. biweekly
If I fly ACROSS the Atlantic ocean, my flight is ______.
a. transferred
b. transatlantic
c. transpacific
b. transatlantic
If you are in the state, or process of being frustrated, you have reached . . .
a. trated
b. frustration
c. Pennsylvania
b. frustration
The word "prescription" has:
a: a prefix
b: a suffix
c: a base word
d: all three
d: all three
What is a pronoun?
a. a person, place, or thing- noun
b. take the place of a noun (ex. I, we, you, he, she, it)
c. an action word- verb
b. take the place of a noun (ex. I, we, you, he, she, it)