Suffixes
The suffix ”-ed”will add another syllable if the root word ends in (either of these two letters)
What is base word ending in “t” or “d” ?
C makes the /s/ sound when it’s before these letters
What is E, I, Y
The vowel sound in a closed syllable is usually
What is a short vowel sound?
This Latin word means to bend
What is flect/flex?
This prefix meaning is before.
What is Pre??
This Greek root means circular
What is cycl?
This suffix means act or process
What is suffix -ure/choor/ or -ture/choor/?
Words that describe time, manner, place or degree of verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
What is an adverb?
What is a synonym?
Change this letter to “v” before adding the suffix -es
What is the letter “f”
When two consonants make one sound like “ch” “th” “ph”. “ck” “sh” “qu” it is called a
What is a digraph?
The vowel sound in an open syllable is (long or short)
What is a long vowel sound?
This Latin word means to say or speak
What is dict?
The meaning of this prefix is under
What is sub?
This Greek root means time
What is chron?
This suffix means causing or making
What is suffix -ive ?
Words that represent an action, tell what’s happening, or capture a state of being.
What is a verb?
A comparison of two things that is based on them being alike in some way.
What is analogy?
Suffix added to go and do
What is suffix -es (goes, does)
G makes the /j/ sound before what letters
What is e, i, or y
The vowel sound in the silent e syllable is —- (long or short)
What is the long vowel sound
This Latin word means hundred
What is cent?
The meaning of the prefix is across, through or beyond.
What is trans
This Greek root means outer space or stars
What is Astro?
This suffix means result of a function
What is suffix -age ?
Simple words that are used instead of nouns (I, he, she, you, it, we, they)
What is a pronoun?
Word or phrase that compares things that are simil are.
What is a metaphor?
This suffix means a person who practices a particular skill.
What is suffix -cian /shun/ ?
C makes the /k/ sound before what letters
What is a, o, u ?
Every syllable has at least one (vowel or consonant)
What is vowel sound
This Latin word means step
What is grad/gred
This prefix meaning is opposite or against.
What is Anti
This Greek word means earth
What is geo?
This suffix means full
What is suffix -ful ?
Adjective are words that describe nouns or pronouns
What is a adjective?
Words that imitate sounds that something makes (like CRASH, BOING, BRRRR)
What is onomatopoeia?
What is -s, -se,-d, or -de.
ONLY use “ck” to make the /k/ sound right after …(long vowel or short vowel)
What is a short vowel?
A syllable can contain two vowels but only one what
What is a vowel sound
This Latin word means to trust, believe
What is cred?
The meaning of this prefix is outside, beyond.
What is extra???
This Greek word means life
What is bio?
This suffix means state of, condition, or action, when added to a verb making a verb into a noun
What is suffix -ion?
Words that join ideas together (and, or, but)
What is a conjunction?
The use of words to create a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in the opposite way of what is expected (like a dog being chased by a cat).
What is irony?