Prefixes & Suffixes
3rd Grade ELA
3rd Grade ELA 2.0
Story Comprehension
3rd Grade Grammar
100
Prefix Definition
Added to the beginning of a word
100
the events or important items that happen in a story
details
100
What the passage is mostly about
Main Idea
100
100
This part of speech is a person, place, thing.
What is a noun?
200
Suffix Definition
Added to the end of the word
200
The people in the story
Characters
200
The sentences in a passage that support the main idea.
Supporting details
200
200
This part of speech is an action.
What is a verb?
300
What is the prefix of the word "independent"
"in"
300
This is where a story takes place.
setting
300
The five spaces at the front of the paragraph
Indent
300
Who is the main character? What is the main idea of the passage?
300
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
400
What is the suffix in the word "preventable"
"able"
400
This is what a passage is mostly about.
main idea
400
What is a theme
the message or moral
400
Who is/are the character(s)? What is the setting?
400
You can identify it because it is a name and is capitalized.
Proper Noun
500
what is the meaning of the prefix "re" as in "reinvent" "repeat"
to happen again
500
Two different words that have the same meaning are called?
Synonyms
500
When using the RACE strategy, after completing the C, what words will follow in the next sentence?
According to the text or The author stated.
500
Name the character(s). What are important details from the story?
500
What replaces a noun?
Pronoun