Prefixes & Suffixes
What prefix is in the word nonmember? What does that prefix mean?
Non and it means not.
What does the root graph mean?
Can you identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:
Kennedy walked across the street.
Across the street
Can you identify my capitalization error:
We gave ms. terry a pair of dr. pepper socks for christmas.
The m in Ms., the t in Terry, the d in Dr., the p Pepper, and c in Christmas, should all be capitalized.
What comes down but never goes up?
Rain
What does the suffix -ize mean?
To make
What does the root logos mean?
Word, think, and study
What kind of sentence is this:
Carson and Deanthony played football after school.
Declarative
What word(s) need to be capitalized in this sentence: we live in the united states of america.
We, United, States, and America
I have a head and a tail, but no body. What am I?
A coin.
What suffix is in the word assistance? What does that suffix mean?
Ance and it means state of or quality of.
What does geological mean?
Hint: Break the word down by its root.
Related to the study of earth.
What do we call two words joined together by a hyphen?
Hyphenated compound words.
What word(s) need to be capitalized in this sentence: my family ate chinese food for dinner last night.
My and Chinese
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
A palm tree!
What prefix is in the word connect? What does the prefix mean?
Con and it means with or together.
What does the root loc mean?
Place
Can you identify the direct object in this sentence:
We will pick apples at the apple orchard.
Apples
4407 vaughn road,
montgomery, al 36106
Did Ms. Terry write her address correctly?
No.
What do you call cheese that isn't yours?
Nacho cheese!
Define the following suffixes (in order to get the points you have to get them ALL correct):
ness
ment
ic
ness: state of being or condition of
ment: action of or process of
ic: relating to
What root do you see in the word flexible?
What does the root mean?
Flex(flect) and it means to bend.
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
Comparing means you are finding the similarities between two or more objects. Contrast means to find the differences between two or more items.
Go to the white board and write the address Ms. Terry gives you. If you write it correctly, you earn the points, if not...sorry.
And no, your team cannot help you :)
9501 S. King Drive
Chicago, IL 60628
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock