Word Study Review Prefixes and Suffixes

Today is the hottest day of the week.

Which of the following uses -est as it is used in hottest?

• kindest

• chest

• best

• rest

It is definitely cooler today than yesterday.

Which of the following uses -er as it is used in cooler?

• blur

• teacher

• bigger

• otter

Which of the following uses a suffix meaning most?

• best

• coldest

• west

• quest

What is a suffix?

• word part at the end

• word part at the beginning

• word part in the middle

• root word

What is the root word in the word happier?

• happee

• happy

• happi

• hapy

The donut was ____________ than the cinnamon bun.

Root Word: Greasy

• greasy

• greasier

• greasyer

• greasiest

My mom wanted milk without fat.

She wanted ___fat milk.

• non-

• pre-

• re-

• un-

What is a prefix?

• word part in the middle

• word part at the end

• root word

• word part at the beginning

Dinosaurs existed at the beginning of time.

These times were called ___historic.

• non-

• pre-

• un-

• re-

Juan and I __agreed about who won the game.

• mis-

• pre-

• sub-

• dis-