Exploring Word Transformations with Prefixes and Suffixes

The video tutorial explains prefixes and suffixes, highlighting how prefixes are added to the beginning of words to change their meaning, while suffixes are added to the end to indicate how words can be used in sentences. Examples of words with prefixes and suffixes are provided to illustrate these concepts.

What is a prefix?

• A group of letters added at the end of a word

• A group of letters added at the beginning of a word

• A type of punctuation

• A full sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

Which word is an example of a prefix usage?

• Unkind

• Careless

• Disagree

• Colorful

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

What does a suffix do?

• Changes the tense of a word

• Makes a word a noun

• Shows how a word can be used in a sentence

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

Which of the following words is an example of using a suffix?

• Prefix

• Lonely

• Read

• Foreign

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CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

Which word demonstrates the use of both a prefix and a suffix?

• Disagree

• Careless

• Taller

• Oversleep

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A