Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words in Morphology

What is the meaning of the word prefix? 

• A word within a word
• A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
• A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning
• A stand alone word

What is the meaning of the word suffix? 

• A word within a word
• A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
• A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning
• A stand alone word

What is the meaning of root word? 

• A word within a word
• A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
• A group of letters put after a root word which changes its meaning
• A stand alone word

What does unhurt mean? 

• Hurt badly
• Hurt
• Not hurt
• In pain

If you take the prefix away from disagree, the root word is agree. 

• True
• False

If you take the suffix away from unbreakable the root word is breakable. 

• True
• False

If you take the suffix away from unbreakable the root word is breakable. 

• True
• False

What are you doing if you reread a book? 

• Reading it for the first time
• Recycling it
• Reading it again
• Not doing anything with it

Look at the following words and use your context clues to identify what the prefix "re" means. 
Redo, retry, retouch, and retake. 

• Do again
• recycle
• Ignore
• Enjoy

A suffix is a group of letters that you add to the start of a root word. 

• True
• False