Affixes

Question 0

What is an affix?

Answer 0

An affix is added to the root of a word to change its meaning.

Question 1

An affix added to the beginning of a word is called a ________.

Answer 1

Prefix

Question 2

A basic word to which affixes are added is called a ______ _______.

Answer 2

Root word

Question 3

An affix added to the back of a word it know as a ______.

Answer 3

Suffix

Question 4

What is the meaning of the prefix in-? Give and example of a word using it.

Answer 4

It means into. Insert

Question 5

Is ed a prefix or suffix? Give an example using it. What does it mean?

Answer 5

It is a suffix and it means past tense. Danced.

Question 6

What is the meaning of the prefix dis-? Give an example using it.

Answer 6

It means not, disappear

Question 7

What is the meaning of the prefix re-? Give an example of a word using it.

Answer 7

It means again. Reheat.

Question 8

Is un a prefix or a suffix? Give an example of a word using it.

Answer 8

It is a prefix. Unusual.

Question 9

What does the suffix -ing mean? Give and example using it.

Answer 9

It means present participle. Example=dancing

Question 10

What is the meaning of hetero.

Answer 10

It means different.

Question 11

What does the root word auto mean? Give an example using it and explain the meaning of the example.

Answer 11

It means self, an example would be autobiography, which would mean a book about yourself, written by yourself.

Question 12

What does the suffix -es mean? Give an example using it.

Answer 12

It makes it plural and an example is tables.

Question 13

What is the meaning of the root word hypo? Give and example and explain it.

Answer 13

Hypo means below, beneath. Hypothermia would mean that your temperature is below normal.

Question 14

What is the meaning of the root word mono? Give an example and explain the example.

Answer 14

It means one. An example is monocerophobia, which means the fear of unicorns which have one horn.

Question 15

What does the suffix -ly mean? Give an example using the suffix.

Answer 15

It is an adverb ending and an example is quickly.

Question 16

What does the root word bio mean? Give an example and explain what the example means with the root word.

Answer 16

It means life. Example=biology, it means the study of life.

Question 17

What is the meaning of homo?

Answer 17

It means the same.

Question 18

What does the root word logy mean? Give and example and explain what it means.

Answer 18

It means the study of. An example would be biology, which means the study of life.

Question 19

What is the meaning of the root word hyper? Give and example and explain what the example means.

Answer 19

It means over, above, beyond. An example would be hyperactive, which means more than active or overactive.

Question 20

What is the meaning of the root word therm?

Answer 20

It means heat.

Question 21

What is the meaning of the Latin root ambi? Give an example and explain it.

Answer 21

It means both. Ambidextrous means you can right with both hands.

Question 22

What is the meaning of the root word bene. Give and example and explain.

Answer 22

It means good. Beneficial, means it is good for your time (your not wasting time)

Question 23

What is the meaning of the root words contra/counter? Give an example and explain.

Answer 23

They mean against. Counterattack means attack against the other person/thing.

Question 24

Give the meaning of the root word phobia, give and example and explain it.

Answer 24

It means fear. Arachnophobia means the fear of spiders.

Question 25

What is the meaning of the root word fort? Give and example and explain.

Answer 25

It means strength. Fortress is something that is strong and protects.

Question 26

What is the meaning of the root word port? Give an example and explain.

Answer 26

It means to carry. Transport means to carry something from one place to another.

Question 27

What is the meaning of the root word fract? Give an example and explain.

Answer 27

It means break. Fracture means u break something, like your arm.

Question 28

What does the root word struct mean? Give and example and explain.

Answer 28

It means to build. A structure is something that is built.

Question 29

What is the meaning of the root word mal? Give an example and explain.

Answer 29

It means bad. Maleficent is a bad villain.

Question 30

What is the meaning of the root word multi. Give an example and explain.

Answer 30

It means many. Multitask means you are doing many things at once.

Question 31

What do the root words vid/vis mean? Give an example and explain.

Answer 31

They mean to see. Television is something you see and watch shows and movies on.

Question 32

What does the prefix mis- mean? Give an example and explain.

Answer 32

It means not, wrongly. Misunderstand means you didn’t understand correctly.

Question 33

What does the prefix anti- mean? Give and example and explain.

Answer 33

It means the opposite of. Antisocial means you are not social.

Question 34

What is the meaning of the prefix trans-? Give an example and explain.

Answer 34

It means across. Translate is to change from one language to another one.

Question 35

What is the meaning of the prefix sub-? Give an example and explain.

Answer 35

It means below, underneath. A submarine is a vehicle that goes below sea level.

Question 36

What does the prefix semi- mean? Give an example and explain.

Answer 36

Part, half. A semicircle is half of a circle.

Question 37

What does the prefix pre- mean? Give an example and explain.

Answer 37

It means before. Preheat is when you heat the oven before you actually cook something.

Question 38

What does the prefix super- mean? Give an example and explain.

Answer 38

It means above, beyond. A superpower is something that causes people to be above everyone else.