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Prefixes and Suffixes
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Prefixes and Suffixes
📚 Part 1: Identifying Prefixes and Suffixes
1. Which word contains a prefix?
happy
unhappy
happiness
2. Which word contains a suffix?
redo
hopeful
unknown
3. Check all words that have BOTH a prefix and suffix:
unhelpful
careless
unsuccessful
replay
4. What does the prefix "re-" mean?
not or opposite
again or back
before
✏️ Part 2: Building New Words
5. Add the prefix "un-" to these root words:
happy → _______________
lock → _______________
fair → _______________
6. Add the suffix "-ful" to these root words:
care → _______________
help → _______________
wonder → _______________
7. Create a new word using the root word "play" and any prefix or suffix you know:
8. Write a sentence using the word "preheat" that shows you understand what the prefix "pre-" means:
🎯 Part 3: Word Meanings
9. Match each suffix with its meaning:
-less
-ful
-ly
in a certain way
without
full of
10. Look at the word "colorless." Explain how the suffix changes the meaning of the root word "color":
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