Prefix Meanings
What prefix means "before"?
pre-
Which suffix makes a noun mean more than one (plural)?
s or -es
Add a prefix meaning "not" to "happy" to make a new word.
Unhappy
Add a prefix meaning "again" to "do" to make a new word.
redo
Which prefix means "below"?
Sub-
What prefix means "not" and often starts words like "undo" and "unhappy"?
Un-
Which suffix means "a person who"?
-er or -or
Add a suffix meaning "past tense" to "jump" to make a new word.
Jumped
Add a prefix meaning "before" to "cook" to make a new word.
Precook
Which suffix means "present tense" — the one that shows action happening now?
-ing
What prefix means "again" (it tells us something happens one more time)?
Re-
Which suffix shows the past tense of a verb?
-ed
Add a prefix meaning "not" to "possible."
Impossible
Add a suffix meaning "more or less" to "smart" to make a new word.
Smarter
Which suffix means "full of" (gives the meaning "having a lot of")?
-ful
Which prefix means "not or opposite of" and can also mean "without" (starts with non-)?
Non-
Which suffix means "in a ____ way" and turns an adjective into an adverb?
-ly
Take the word "farm" and add a suffix meaning "a person who" to make a new word.
Farmer
Add a suffix meaning "the study of" to "myth" to make a new word.
Mythology
Which suffix means "the study of" (as in "biology" or "geology")?
-logy
Name 4 prefixes that mean "not"
Which suffix means "most or least" when comparing three or more things (superlative)?
-est
Add a suffix meaning "full of" to "joy" to make a new word.
Joyful
Add a suffix meaning "a present tense verb" to "help" to make a new word.
Helping
Which suffix makes a noun plural?
-s & -es