Prefixes
A morpheme added to the beginning of a base word to change its meaning.
What is a prefix?
A plain word that can stand alone and have meaning without any prefixes or suffixes attached.
What is a base word?
A morpheme added to the end of a base word that often changes its part of speech or tense.
What is a suffix?
The resulting word when you combine: un + pack
What is unpack?
The meaning of the prefix "re-" in the words redo, rewrite, and reappear.
What is again?
The prefix found in the word "dislike".
What is dis-?
The base word hidden inside "unhappy".
What is happy?
The suffix in the word "helpful".
What is -ful?
The resulting word when you combine: hope + ful
What is hopeful?
The meaning of the suffix "-less" in the words fearless and hopeless.
What is without?
The meaning of the prefix "mis-" in words like misspell or misunderstand.
Bottom (Response): What is wrongly or badly?
The core base word found in the complex word "replaying".
What is play?
Use one of these two suffixes to switch the word "fast" to mean "the most fast."
What is -est?
The spelling rule applied to combine "bake + ing" to write "baking".
What is the Drop the Silent E Rule?
The literal meaning of the word "preheat" based on its morphemes.
What is to heat before?
The prefix you add to "war" or "freeze" to mean "against".
What is anti-?
The term for a base word that cannot stand alone as an independent English word, such as "struct" or "vis".
What is a bound base (or root)?
The suffix used to turn the action verb "teach" into a noun meaning "a person who teaches."
What is -er?
The word sum equation written out for the word "sadness".
What is sad + ness?
The structural definition of "substructure" based on its prefix and base word.
What is a structure built underneath?
These three variations of the prefix "in-" (meaning "not") change their spelling based on the first letter of the base word (e.g., impossible, illegal).
What are assimilated prefixes?
The meaning of the Latin root "spect" found in spectacles, inspect, and respect.
What is to look or see?
The spelling convention rules that dictate whether you use this vowel suffix meaning "capable of" (as in enjoyable vs. visible).
What is -able or -ible?
The spelling rule applied to combine "run + ing" to write "running".
What is the Doubling Rule (or 1-1-1 rule)?
The literal definition breakdown of "misjudgment" using all three of its morphemes (mis + judge + ment).
What is the state of judging wrongly?