Root Words
Suffixes
Prefixes
Word Meaning
Spot the Affix
100

What is the root word in "unhappiness"?

Answer: Happy

100

What does the suffix "-ful" mean in the word "joyful"?

Answer: Full of

100

What does the prefix "un-" mean in the word "unhappy"?

Answer: Not

100

What does "antisocial" mean?

Answer: not wanting the company of others

100

 Identify the prefix in "impossible."

Answer: Im-

200

What does the root "graph" mean in words like "autograph"

Answer: To write

200

 In the word "happiness," what does the suffix "-ness" indicate?

Answer: A state or quality of

200

Identify the meaning of the prefix "dis-" in the word "disagree."

Answer: Apart or away

200

What does "conversation" mean?

Answer: talk together 


200

 In the word "replay," what is the affix?

Answer: Re-

300

What is the root of the word "television"?

Answer: "Tele", meaning "far" or "distant."

300

What does the suffix "-er" mean in the word "teacher"?

Answer: One who performs an action

300

What does the prefix "pre-" mean in the word "preview"?

Answer: Before

300

What does "television" mean?

Answer: 

300

What is the root in "microscope"?

Answer: Scope

400

Identify the root in the word "biology."

Answer: "Bio" meaning life

400

In the word "careless," what does the suffix "-less" imply?

Answer: Without

400

In the word "rewrite," what is the meaning of the prefix "re-"?

Answer: Again

400

What does "semicircle" mean?

Answer: half of a circle 

400

Identify the suffix in "beautiful."

Answer: -ful

500

Define the root "spect."

Answer:  "to look" or "to see."

500

What does the suffix "-able" mean in the word "readable"?

Answer: Capable of being

500

What does the prefix "trans-" mean in the word "transport"?

Answer: Across or through

500

What does "photograph" mean?

Answer: It means a picture made using light.

500

What is the prefix in "submarine"?

Answer: Sub-