Prefix Power-Up
Suffix Showdown
Word Detectives
Morphology In The Wild
Part-of-Speech Switcheroo
100

Ir- as in Irregular

Not

100

-able as in Understandable

Able to

100

Bicycle

Bi = Two

100

To treat myself, I went to a salon for a pedicure. 

Ped = Foot

100

Turn beauty into an ADJECTIVE using _____ (full of).

-ful = beautiful 

200

Il- as in Illegal 

Not

200

-less as in Endless

Without

200

Submarine

Sub = under

200

In social studies, we had to chronologically organized events from ancient Rome.

Chron = time

200

Turn quick into an ADVERB by using _____ (in a specified manner).

-ly = quickly

300

Co- as in Coexisting

Together

300
-or as in Actor

One who does

300

Polytheism 

poly = Many

300

What I love about our school is all of the multicultural events and activities. 

Multi = many

300

Turn compete into a NOUN using _____ (act, process)

-tion = competition 

400

De- as in Deflate

Opposite of, away

400

-ology as in Microbiology

Study of

400

Anthropologist

ology = study of

ist = one who does

400

Ms. Titus's projector has a weird yellow hue to the image.

ject = throw

400

Turn adventure into an ADJECTIVE using _____ (possessing qualities of).

-ous = adventurous

500

Semi- as in Semiformal

Half

500

-ist as in Cartoonist

One who does

500

Telescope

Tele = Far away

Scope = Look, see


500

We took the transcontinental railroad from New York to California.

Trans = across

500

Turn entertain into a NOUN by using _____ (action or process of).

-ment = entertainment