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prefixes
Word Meaning
Break it apart
Root or base words
Suffixes
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attach it to 'happy' to mean "not happy"
What is un as in unhappy
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spectacle
What is someone making a scene and embarrassing themselves. They make a 'spectacle' of themselves.
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Break the word into the prefix, root word, and suffix by using a dash or big space. unbelievable
What is un believ able
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Write just the base or root word: spectator
What is 'spect'
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It is added to a word to mean 'able to'
What is -able or -ible viewable, lovable
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attach it to 'behave' to mean this person is not behaving as expected
What is 'mis' as in the word 'misbehave'
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rupt Use it in a word (spelled correctly) and draw a picture to show the meaning.
What is erupt eruption interrupt interruption corrupt rupture
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Break the word into the prefix, root word, and suffix by using a dash or big space. subways
What is sub way s
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Write just the base or root word: telescope
What is 'tele'
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When adding a suffix to a word ending in a consonant and 'y', what is the rule? example: happy +est, puppy +es
What is 'change the Y to an i' happiest puppies
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Means 'before' something. It attached to the word 'view' to mean to 'view before' or 'to look through before reading it fully'.
What is 'pre' as in the word 'preview'
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The root means 'far away made closer' or 'distance' What word is it? Use it in a complete word.
What is 'tele' television telescope telegraph telephone
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Break the word into the prefix, root word, and suffix by using a dash or big space. previewed
What is pre view ed
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Write just the base or root word: interruption
What is 'rupt'
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This suffix is added to a noun to show that there is more than one of the noun. It makes the noun a plural noun. Give an example.
What is 's' or 'es' 1 cat --> 2 cats 1 puppy --> 2 puppies
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Means 'eight' as in an eight-sided polygon (2-D shape).
What is 'octo' as in octagon.
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This word means 'made an embarrassing scene', such as a grandma yelling, "You-hoo, honey… I'm over here" in front of all of your friends.
What is 'spectacle'
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Break the word into the prefix, root word, and suffix by using a dash or big space. recycling
What is re cycl ing
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Write just the base or root word: misunderstanding
What is 'understand'
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This suffix makes a word an adjective. It means 'having the qualities of' or 'in the manner of' Write the suffix and give 1 example.
What is -ly quickly, smartly, unhappily, sneakily, hungrily
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Means 'against' and is used to describe part of your immune system.
What is 'anti' as in 'antibody'.
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If tele means 'distance' what does 'vision' mean in the word 'television'
What is 'to see' or 'to view'
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Break the word into the prefix, root word, and suffix by using a dash or big space. unhappily
What is un happi ly un happy ly
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Write just the base or root word: signatures
What is 'sign'
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This suffix is used to make the past tense of regular verbs. What is the suffix? Give an example word.
What is -ed walked, talked, sneaked