UFLI Affixes

Suffixes

100

Name the base word and suffix and tell what it means.

lips

Base word is lip.  Suffix is -s.  It means "more than one lip."

200

Name the base word and suffix and tell what it means.

older

Base word is old. Suffix is -er. It means "more old."

300

Name the base word and suffix and tell what it means.

happiest

Base word is happy.  Suffix is -est. It means "most happy."

400

Name the base word and suffix and tell what it means.

happily​​​​

Base word is happy. Suffix is -ly. It means "in a happy way."

500

Name the base word and suffix and tell what it means for both words.

helpful

helpless

Helpful:  Base word is help. Suffix is -ful. It means "full of help."

Helpless:  Base word is help. Suffix is -less. It means "without help."

Prefixes

100

Name the base word and prefix and tell what it means.

unkind

Base word is kind.  Prefix is un.  It means "not kind."

200

Name the base word and prefix and tell what it means.

pretest

The base word is test. The prefix is pre.  It means "test before."

300

Name the base word and prefix and tell what it means.

retest

The base word is test. The prefix is re.  It means "test again."

400

Name the base word and prefix and tell what it means.

disagree

The base word is "agree." The prefix is dis. It means "not agree."

500

Which word has a prefix that means "again?"

a) rescue

b) rest

c) return

d) realm

c) return

Suffix Spelling Rule 1

100

Which word is a synonym for "largest"?

a) biger

b) bigger

c) biger

d) biggest

d) biggest

200

add the suffix -ing to beg

begging

300

Add the suffix -ed to slap

slapped

400

Spell the word that means "one who talks."

talker

500

Jane said, "I was cooped up inside all weekend because of the rain."

Explain in your own words why you do not double the "p" before adding the suffix "-ed" to the word "coop."

Answer should be similar to this explanation:  You do not need to double the "p," because the vowel sound in "coop" is not a short vowel sound.

Suffix Spelling Rule 2

100

Which word is spelled correctly?

a) largeest

b) closr

c) baked

d) bravist

c) baked

200

Which word is a synonym for "more adorable"?

a) cutter

b) cuter

c) cutr

d) cuteer

b) cuter

300

I _______ that my art piece would win the contest, but I only got an honorable mention.

a) hoped

b) hopped

c) hopd

d) hopeed

a) hoped

400

She was ________ vegetables for dinner when she cut her finger.

a) slicing

b) sliceing

c) sliced

d) slicced

a) slicing

500

After I cut my nails, I spent about 15 minutes __________ them down.

a) fileing

b) filing

c) filed

d) filled

b) filing

Suffix Spelling Rule 3

100

Which word is spelled correctly?

a) cried

b) cryed

c) fring

d) fryeing

a) cried

200

Which word is the past tense for "deny"?

a) denyed

b) denied

c) dened

d) denide

b) denied

300

Which word is spelled INCORRECTLY?

a) worried

b) worrying

c) worryer

c) worryer

correct spelling:  worrier

400

We each ate ten ______ from the tree.

a) cherrys

b) cherries

c) cheries

d) cheryes

b) cherries

500

We saw ten _______ at the zoo.

a) monkies

b) monkys

c) monkeys

d) monkis

c) monkeys

You do not drop the y and ad -ies if the word ends with a vowel team.