Part of a word
Prefix Meaning
Add a pre/suf-fix
Suffix meaning
What's the function?
100

Re in Recycle

Prefix

100

it means before

Pre

100

I had a girl fox, who met a boy fox, and now I have lots and lots of baby fox______

es

100

it indicates past action

ed

100

Cat in "The cat sat on the mat"

Noun (Item)

200

un in unfair

un

200
it means to reverse an action

un

200
Yesterday, he jump____ in a puddle.

ed

200

It shows ownership

's or s'

200

jumps in "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy brown dog."

Verb (action)

300

ing in jumping

suffix

300

it means above or more than

over

300

You only cooked it for 15 minutes at 200 degrees? no wonder its _____cooked!

under

300

it indicates the action happens somewhere not here, by someone not present

s

300

Joyful in "The joyful voices echoed over the lawn."

Adjective (description)

400

know in unknowable

base or root

400

it means again

re

400
She was standing quiet___ behind me, then yelled "Frog Guts!" out of nowhere.

ly

400

It indicates the manner in which (how) something happens

ly

400

Quickly in "He ran quickly after the thief."

Adverb

500

bio in antibiotic

combining form (when the base isn't a word in its own right)

500

it means against

anti

500

I ate too many hot peppers and now I have a bad case of ___digestion

in (means bad or wrong: depending on the base word, can also be spelled as im il or ir)

500

it makes an action into a noun

(t)ion (technically it means state of or result of, but functionally, will make actions into nouns)

500

misspelling quixotic in "Sam misspelling 'quixotic' lost the spelling bee."

adverbial phrase (It describes the action 'lost' [adverb] and is more than two words making it a phrase.)

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