Mighty Morphology

What is morphology?

• the study of transformers

• the study of word parts and their meanings

• the process of a tadpole turning into a frog

• the study of how words sound, phonetics

Match the following

• again, back

• ir

• opposite of

• un

• on

• in

• not, reversal

• re

What is one example of a word that contains the prefix re-?

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Match the following roots to their meanings.

• to hear

• cred

• to shape

• dic(t)

• to bend

• flect/flex

• to say or tell

• form

• to believe

• aud

Give an example of a word that contains the root ject.

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Match the following suffixes to their meanings.

• able to

• (t)ion

• action of, state of

• er

• one who

• ible

• characterized by

• ly

What is a word that contains the suffix -able?

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A prefix is...

• fixing something before it needs it

• a word part with meaning added the end of a word.

• a word part with meaning added the beginning of a word.

• to be in one place

Reorder the following so that you make a complete word with a prefix, root and suffix.

• re

• spect

• able

A suffix is...

• A word part with meaning added to the end of a root word

• A group of lines in a poem

• A word part with meaning added to the beginning of a root word

• Something that is enough