Morphology
A morpheme added to the beginning of a word.
What are prefixes?
This prefix means not, against, or opposite of?
What is un-?
This suffix means "a person who."
Answer: What is -er or -or?
The base word in unusual.
What is usual?
The meaning of reinspect
What is to inspect again?
A morpheme added to the end of a word.
What are suffixes?
This prefix means "again" or "back."
What is re-?
This suffix means "full of."
*must spell correctly
What is -ful?
The word sum for mistreatment.
What is: mis + treat + ment?
The meaning of deactivate
What is "to make something stop working"?
the main word part that carries the core meaning
What is base word or root?
This prefix means "wrongly" or "badly."
What is mis-?
This suffix means "without."
What is -less?
The base word in the word reaction?
What is act?
The meaning of foreshadow.
What is "to give a hint about something that will happen later"?
True or False: A word can have both a prefix and a suffix.
True
Identify a word that uses the prefix "sub-."
What is ______?
Possible responses:
Submarine, subzero, subway, submerge
This word contains the suffix -ion or -ian.
What is ____?
Possible answers:
education, invention, vegetarian, action, musician
Write one word that means not regular.
What is irregular?
The meaning of nonessential.
What is "not necessary"?
What is a morpheme?
Identify a word with the prefix inter- and explain it's meaning.
What is _______?
Possible answers:
interstate - a highway connecting states
internet - a massive group of connected computers
Identify a word with the suffix -able or -ible and explain it's meaning.
What is _____?
Possible answers:
observable, legible, visible, washable, breakable
meaning - "able to be ______"
The number of suffixes in rhythmically and their spellings.
What is 3: -ic, -al, -ly ?
The meaning of international. Explain how the word parts help determine its meaning.
What is "involving more than one country"?
I know this because inter- means "between" and nation means "country," so international means "between or among countries."