Prefixes
Suffixes
Roots
Spelling
Making Inferences
100
Name two prefixes that mean not.
What are: un- and dis-.
100
The suffix that makes a verb past tense.
What is -ed?
100
This root word means to carry.
What is port?
100
Name two words with the ai spelling.
Possible answers: Spain, rain, train, brain, praise, upstairs, paint, grain, mail, ...
100
Daisy could not choose between the white fluffy one or the brown one. She finally chose the brown one because he barked when he first saw her. Daisy loves her new pet so much.
What kind of a pet did Daisy pick out?
What is a dog?
Clues: barked when it first saw her
200
The prefix that means before.
What is pre-?
200
The suffix that means a person who believes in or studies.
What is -ist?
200
This root word means to break or burst.
What is rupt?
200
For 1,000 points, name this movie.
What is Home Alone 2?
200
“Surprise!” everyone yelled. Jerry jumped back happily and smiled at his dad. The room looked amazing! People were holding gifts, there were green balloons everywhere, and a huge cake sat on the table. The cake had five big yellow candles on it.
What event was Jerry celebrating?
What is his birthday?
Clues: cake, balloons, gifts, five big yellow candles on the cake
300
The prefix that means across.
What is trans-?
300
For 1,000 points, name this movie.
What is Zootopia 2?
300
This root word means to shape.
What is form?
300
Name two words with the ie spelling and /e/ sound.
Possible answers might include: believe, relief, belief, achieve, field, cookie, brief, niece, retrieve, ...
300
Betty put on her black, pointy hat and looked in the mirror. She was wearing a black dress with black boots, and she held a long, brown broomstick in her hand. She looked amazing! Her little brother Sam looked really cute too. He was wearing a white sheet and kept screaming “BOO!” really loudly. Betty hoped they would collect lots of candy today.
What costume was Betty's brother wearing?What is a ghost costume?
400
The prefix that means against.
What is anti-?
400
The suffix that makes a verb present tense?
What is -ing?
400
For 1,000 points, name this character.
Who is Dory?
400
Name three words with the o spelling (o, o_e, oa, ow, oe).
Possible answers include: toenail, rowboat, snowy, afloat, doe, drove, open, ...
400
Grandpa took me to see this man who wore a white coat. He had all these pointy, silver tools that he used to look inside my mouth.
Where was the boy taken?
What is a dentist's office?
Clues: white coat, point, silver tools to look inside the boy's mouth
500
For 1,000 points, name one song this artist sings.
Songs may include: Pink Pony Club, Hot to Go, Good Luck, Babe, The Subway, ...
500
This suffix is an adverb.
What is -ly?
500
Name three words with the root rupt.
Possible answers: erupt, eruption, disrupt, disruptive, disruption, rupture, abrupt, bankrupt, corrupt, bankruptcy, ...
500
Name three words with the long u sound (ui, ew, oo, ue, u_e).
Possible answers include: fruit, juice, spoon, June, gloom, overdue, chewy, afternoon, ...
500
They played in the snow while they practiced their spelling words from class. Finally, they decided to build something together. They rolled up three big balls of snow and collected some sticks for arms, some rocks for eyes, and asked their dad for a carrot for a nose.
What did the two friends build?
What is a snowman?
Clues: three balls of snow, sticks for arms, rocks for eyes, carrot for the nose
600
The prefix that means between.
What is inter-?
600
This suffix has two distinct sounds and functions as a noun.
What is -sion?
600
Name three words with the root form.
Possible answers: inform, information, formation, formed, form, conform, reformed, formality, formal, ...
600
Name three words with the an r-controlled vowel (er, ir, ur, or, ar).
Possible answers include: burn, sister, bird, churn, thorn, artist, torn, cart, turn, third, Bert, ...
600
For 1,000 points, name this character.
Who is Gru?