Roots & Affixes Studyguide

A root is the most _________ part of a word.

A root can stand alone as its own word.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Match the terms below to their correct meanings.

• The base word that a prefix or suffix is added to

• prefix

• Changes the meaning of the word

• suffix

• Is added to the end of a root word

• modify

• Is added to the beginning of a root word

• root word

Roots usually come from the ​ (a)   language.

• Greek or Latin
• Japanese or Korean
• Hawaiian or Maori
• Turkish or Hungarian

We can form new words by adding ___________ and ____________ to roots.

• pros and cons

• trial and error

• prefixes and suffixes

• profexes and surfexes

What does adding an affix to a root do?

• It doesn't really do anything.

• It modifies the word's meaning.

• It creates a run-on sentence.

• It creates a fragment.

__________________ are the words that make up a language.

• Vocabulary

• Prefixes

• Suffixes

• Affixes

"Struct" is a root that comes from the Latin word meaning______________".

Match the roots to their meanings.

• life

• geo

• carry

• bio

• earth

• port

• self

• photo

• light

• auto

Learning just one root can help you understand several words in English.

• True

• False