Context Clues, Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes

What are context clues?

• Context Clues are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

• Secrets I can find.

• The setting of a story.

• Specific points the author wants to make.

What statement about prefixes, suffixes, and roots is true?

• They all help identify a words context and make it easier to understand what a word means.

• Roots are seen at the end of a word.

• Prefixes and suffixes are seen in the middle of a word.

• None of these statements are true.

It is a group of letters placed before the root word.

• prefix

• suffix

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What do we call letters added to the back/end of a root word?

• a prefix

• a root

• a suffix

• none of these

Some words contain both a prefix and a suffix.

• true

• false

The thermos kept my soup hot all day. I felt warm, so mom took my temperature with the thermometer. The room was too cold, so we turned up the thermostat. From these examples, you can tell that the root therm means...

• heat

• food

• fill

Some bikes have straps on the pedals to keep your feet in place. I went with mom to have a pedicure before warm weather arrived and I started wearing sandals or flipflops. While hiking, I wore a pedometer to measure how many steps I walked. You can tell from these examples that the root ped means...

• arm

• fly

• foot

• person

Which word below uses the root dom, which means "to rule"?

• dome

• domino

• kingdom

• none of these

Which word below uses the root pop, which means "people"?

• poppy

• popcorn

• popsicle

• population

Superman, Superstar, superhuman all have the prefix super, I know that the prefix super means...

• Above, beyond
• Between
• Change