Suffixes
What suffix means full of?
What is -ful?
What prefix means "to do again"?
What is "re"?
Hit the brake/break to stop the car.
What is brake?
To tell the meaning of something
(modify, arrange, define)
What is define?
What is the opposite of stale? Sentence: The crackers in the box were stale so we opened a box that was ________.
What is stale?
What suffix means "able to be"
What is able?
What prefix means "not, or opposite of"?
What is "un"?
Your screen will brake/break if you drop your phone.
What is break?
To take a long idea and make it into a brief statement.
(define, summarize, predict)
What is summarize?
What is the opposite of buy? Sentence: We are going to buy a used computer if the store has one to ________.
What is sell?
"-er" (what does this suffix mean?)
ex. teacher, baker
What is "someone who"?
Pre (what does this prefix mean?)
ex. preview, pre-read
What is before, or in advance
Your class walked over there/their for recess.
What is there?
A word that modifies something other than a noun
(verb, adverb, adjective)
What is an adverb?
What is the opposite of receive? Sentence: Did you receive the package that your grandma was going to ______ you in the mail?
What is send?
What suffix means "in a certain way"?
(-ly, -less, -ful)
"-ly" (what does this suffix mean?)
ex. weekly, slowly, lovely
What prefix means "wrong"?
(re-, mis-, bi-)
Mis (what does this prefix mean?)
Ex. mismatch, misbehave
There/Their class is going to recess after lunch.
What is their?
To make something last forever
(temporary, permanent, fixed)
What is permanent?
What is the opposite of encourage? Sentence: Teachers encourage you to do your best, although you might feel _______ when your work is difficult.
What is discourage?
What suffix means "without"
What is -less?
Tri (what does this prefix mean?)
ex. tricycle, triangle
What is three?
The soul/sole of my foot hurt after the game.
What is sole?
An affix that is added at the end of the word
(prefix, suffix, affix)
What is suffix?
What is the opposite of temporary? Sentence: The artwork displayed on the walls is temporary. The school building is ________.
What is permanent?