What is a root word?
Analyzing Unknown Words with Common Affixes

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A word with both prefix and suffix
A word with a suffix
A word with a prefix
A word in its simplest form
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the prefix 'un' signify when added to a word?
Not or opposite
Below
Again
Wrong
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the prefix 're' mean?
Below
Wrong
Not
Again
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which prefix would you add to 'behave' to indicate wrong behavior?
Dis
Mis
Un
Re
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a suffix?
A root word in its simplest form
A group of letters added before a root word
A group of letters added after a root word
A word with both prefix and suffix
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the suffix 'er' indicate when added to a word?
A person who does an action
A past action
More than one
An action happening now
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the suffix 'ing' tell us about an action?
It will happen in the future
It is happening right now
It happened in the past
It is a repeated action
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