Prefixes/Suffixes
Homograph/Homophones
Mystery
Literacy grab bag
Inflectional Endings
100

What is a prefix? 

What is a word part added to the beginning of a word. 
100

What is a homophone?

What is words that have the same sound but different spellings and mean different things.

100

What is the base or root word in respectful?

What is respect 

100

Give an example of a palindrome

Answers will vary

racecar, 

  • Bob.
  • Civic.
  • Dad.
  • Deified.
  • Detartrated.
  • Eve.
  • Kayak.
  • Level.
100

What does the inflectional -ed mean?

What is past action mean. 

200

What is a suffix?

What is a word part added to the end of a word. 
200

What is a homograph?

What is words that have the same spelling but have different sounds and meanings.

200

What is an example of an adjective?

describes a noun.
Answers will vary 

200

Contrasting word for creative

answers will vary

Boring, Unimaginative, conservative etc. 

200

What tense does the inflectional ending -ing fit with?

The inflectional ending -ing means currently or present tense.

300

What do the prefixes dis-, non-, and un- mean?

What does "not" or "opposite of" mean?

300

There is a long (weight OR wait) to get a table at the restaurant. 

What is wait. 

300

What is the base or root word in remorseful

What is remorse

300

There, their, they're are all going to the movies

They're

300

What is the final word after adding -ing to the word drag. 

What is dragging. 
400

What does the suffix less mean?

What does the suffix ful mean?

Give one example.

What is without? 

What does full of mean?

400

Please (ring wring) the doorbell before entering. 

What is ring.

400

What does the suffix '-ion, -sion, and -tion mean?

What is the state of quality mean

400

Is the male or female cardinal (more colorful/most colorful).

What is the more colorful

400

Add -ed to the word amuse.

What is amused.

500

What does ly mean?

Give me an example in a sentence form.

What does in a certain way mean.

500

Do not run up the (stairs stares) please. 

What is stairs

500

What is an example of an adverb? 

describes  the verb
Answers will vary 

500

There is (too, to, two) much  pollution in the world.

too

500

She _________ the ball yesterday" - (kicks, kickly kicked/kicking)

kicked