Morphology
This word part is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
prefix
This is what we call a word part with one vowel sound.
syllable
Which word is spelled correctly?
A. frend B. freind
C. friend D. frind
C. friend
A word that means the same as another word is called:
a synonym
List the nouns in the following sentence:
Ashley rode the bus to school this morning.
Ashley, bus, school, morning
The prefix un- means -
not, opposite of
How many syllables are in the word basket?
2
Which word is spelled correctly?
A. beleive B. believe
C. belive D. beleeve
B. believe
A word that means the opposite of another word is called:
antonym
List the verbs in the following sentence:
Thomas completed his math homework, ate the green vegetables, washed his plate, made his lunch, and went to bed.
completed, ate, washed, made, went
In the word teacher, this word part means “a person who.”
suffix -er
This type of syllable ends with a vowel and usually has a long sound.
open syllable
Which word is spelled correctly?
A. happyness B. happines
C. happiness D. happyness
C. happiness
Which word best replaces said in this sentence to show excitement: “She said, ‘We won!’”
A. told B. yelled
C. exclaimed D. roared
C. exclaimed
List the adjectives in the following sentence:
The joyful child slid down the hard, plastic slide, gleefully cheering with a wide grin on her chubby little face.
joyful, hard, plastic, wide, chubby, little
The root word in disagree is -
agree
This type of syllable ends in a consonant and usually has a short vowel sound.
closed syllable
Which word is spelled correctly?
A. stoped B. stoppd
C. stopd D. stopped
D. stopped
Use context clues:
“The desert was arid, with no rain for months.” What does arid mean?
dry
List the adverbs in the following sentence:
The third grade class happily gathered their lunch, quickly and quietly before heading back to their classroom for a spectacular party!
happily, quickly, quietly
In the word transportation, this root means “to carry".
port
Divide the word fantastic into syllables.
A. fa/n/t/as/t/ic B. fan/ta/s/t/ic
C. fan/tas/tic D. f/an/tas/tic
C. fan/tas/tic
Which word is spelled correctly?
A. carryed B. carrid
C. carried D. carryd
C. carried
Use context clues:
"I felt melancholy after taking the hard exam." What does melancholy mean?
sad, depressed, upset, sorrowful
___ and ___ went to the shopping mall to look for a gift for Mother.
A. I and Sara B. Sara and me
C. Me and Sara D. Sara and I
D. Sara and I