Prefixes and Suffixes Exit Ticket

A prefix is added to the ​ (a)   ​ of a word.

• beginning
• middle
• end

A base word is _______

• is something that you add to the end of a word to change its meaning.

• a standalone word that has no affixes attached to it. It is the most basic form of a word with a meaning of its own.

• a word that cannot stand alone and needs a prefix or suffix added to it to make sense.

• found at the bottom of a tree.

A suffix goes at the ​​ (a)  

• end of a word
• beginning of a word
• anywhere you want

Match the following prefixes with their definition

• not

• pre

• again, back

• un

• before

• re

• wrong, bad

• mis

Match the following

• ful

• bad, badly, wrong, wrongly

• un

• someone who does a specific job

• ist

• not, no

• mis

• full of, to be full of a certain quality

What does "unlikeable" mean?

• like again

• full of like

• not able to be liked

• able to like again.

Name two words that have the suffix "ful" at the end.

Add a prefix and suffix to the base word to change the meaning to "the opposite of lock in the past tense":

Prefix: opposite of lock

Suffix: happened in the past (already happened)

​ ​ (a)   lock​ (b)  

• un-
• -ed
• non-
• -ing
• -s
• dis-

True or False: Words can have both a prefix and suffix.

• True

• False

Organize these words into the right categories.

Groups:

(a) Prefix

,

(b) Suffix

,

(c) Both

,

(d) No Affix

• unimpressed

• read

• preheat

• hope

• planter

• rekicked

• cheerful

• preheated

• heat

• kicked

• reread

• miscount