Base Words Review

A base word is a word that can have a prefix or a suffix added to it. When a prefix or suffix is added to a base word, the word's meaning changes and a new word is formed. A prefix is added to the beginning of a base word. A suffix is added the end of a base word.

What is the base word for disturbingly?

• dis

• disturb

• turb

• turbingly

In paragraph 13, the word relented means --

What base word would you look up in the dictionary for help?

• relented

• re

• lented

• relent

In paragraph 8, the word resistant means --

What base word would you look up in the dictionary for help?

• resist

• re

• sist

• stant

In paragraph 2, the word treacherous means –

What base word would you look up in the dictionary for help?

• treach

• treacher

• erous

• reach

What is the meaning of wistfully in paragraph 12?

What base word would you look up in the dictionary for help?

• wistfull

• wist

• fully

• wistfully

She felt so elated that she worried she’d spill the news about Marcos’s visit, but she managed to contain her secret throughout the entire meal and went to bed restless with excitement

What base word would you look up in the dictionary for help?

• late

• elate

• elated

• lated

She sat there rapt, leaning on her elbows on the table, listening intently to us.

What base word would you look up in the dictionary for help?

• in

• tent

• intent

• intently

She sat there rapt, leaning on her elbows on the table, listening intently to us.

What is a synonym for the base word?

Two children answered the teacher's question simultaneously.

What is the base word?

Based on the meaning of the base word in simultaneously, which of the following would be a synonym?

• divergent

• seperate

• following

• together