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Suffixes
Prefixes
Contractions
100
The part of a word that is added to the end of a base word. It is not a word on its own, and it changes the meaning of the base word.
What is a suffix.
100
The part of a word added to the beginning of a base word. The part of the word is not a word by itself, and changes the meaning of the word.
What is prefix?
100
When two words are combined into one word. Some of the letters are replaced with an apostrophe.
What is a contraction?
200
The base word in the word "loveable".
What is love?
200
Give an example of a word that uses the prefix "mis".
What is misstep, misplace, misspell, misunderstand, misuse....
200
The two words that make up the contraction "we're"
What is "we are"?
300
Definition of the suffix "-less".
What is without?
300
The prefix you add to the base word "wash" that changes the meaning of wash to "wash before."
What is "pre-"?
300
The contraction for the words "it is".
What is "it's"?
400
Definition of the word "restless"
What is without rest.
400
The base word in the word "preview"
What is "view"?
400
The two words that make up the contraction "could've"
What is "could have"?
500
Given an example of a word that contains the suffix "-ness".
What is darkness, loveliness, sharpness, anxiousness, awareness, baldness....etc...
500
Definition of the prefix "sub".
What is "below"?
500
The contraction for the words "we have"
What is "we've".