Grammar

Question 1

prefix a- means

Answer 1

not
ex. asymmetric

Question 2

prefix anti- means

Answer 2

against; opposite
ex. antisocial

Question 3

prefix dys- means

Answer 3

ill; bad; abnormal

dysfunction

Question 4

prefix hyper- means

Answer 4

a lot
too much

Question 5

prefix hypo- means

Answer 5

a little; not enough

Question 6

prefix inter- means

Answer 6

Between; among
ex. international

Question 7

prefix intra- means

Answer 7

within
ex. intravenous

Question 8

prefix mid- means

Answer 8

middle
ex. midbrain

Question 9

prefix pre- means

Answer 9

before
ex. predate

Question 10

prefix non- means

Answer 10

not
ex. notexistent

Question 11

prefix sub- means

Answer 11

under; below

ex, subcutaneous

Question 12

prefix super- means

Answer 12

above; beyond
ex. superscript

Question 13

prefix supra- means

Answer 13

above
ex. supraorbital

Question 14

prefix un- means

Answer 14

not
ex. unfair

Question 15

the suffix -s, -es, ies means

Answer 15

plural

Question 16

the suffix -ed means

Answer 16

past tesne

Question 17

the suffix -ing means

Answer 17

progressive/ continuous

Question 18

the suffix -er means

Answer 18

comparative

Question 19

the suffix -est means

Answer 19

superlative

Question 20

the suffix -tion , -ation means

Answer 20

indicating an action, state, or condition

Question 21

the suffix -ful means

Answer 21

full of

Question 22

the suffix -ic means

Answer 22

having the characteristics
ex. metallic

Question 23

the suffix -less means

Answer 23

without

Question 24

-ness

Answer 24

indicating a state, condition, or quality

Question 25

-logy, -ology

Answer 25

branch of knowledge or science

Question 26

-ous

Answer 26

full of

Question 27

the suffix, -ise, -ize usually changes…

Answer 27

usually changes a noun into a verb

Question 28

the suffix, -ly usually changes…

Answer 28

usually changes an adjective into an adverb

Question 29

the suffix, -able, ible usually changes..

Answer 29

a verb into an adjective

Question 30

the suffix, -like usually changes..

Answer 30

a noun into an adjective

Question 31

-ist normally

Answer 31

class-maintaining, retained in a noun

Question 32

-logy, -ology

Answer 32

class-maintaining retained in a noun

Question 33

derivational vs inflectional

Answer 33

derivational morphemes make fundamental changes to the meaning of the stem whereas inflectional morphemes are used to mark grammatical information.

Question 34

I BEFORE E

Answer 34

I before e
except after C or sounding like A

Question 35

generally you drop the final E when adding a suffix to the end of the word

Answer 35

drop the “e” if the suffix begins with a vowel
keep the “e’ if the suffix begins with a consonant

Question 36

Double the Final Consonant

Answer 36

when adding a suffix to a root or base that ends in a single consonant, double the consonant if a single vowel comes before the final consonant and the consonant ends on an accented syllable or is a one syllable word

ex. permit +ed = Permitted
ex. bat + ed = batted

but
ex. loop +ing = looping
ex. light + ed = lighted

Question 37

change the final Y to I

Answer 37

when you add a suffix to a word ending in y preceded by a consonant, you change the Y to i UNLESS the suffix begins with i

ex. beauty + ful = beautiful
ex. Fray +ed = frayed ( the word ends with a vowel before the y)
e. try + ing = trying ( the suffix begins with i)

Question 38

if it ends in _______________ add es to make plural

Answer 38

-ch
-s
-sh
-x
- z

Question 39

if it ends in -f or -fe the plural will have

Answer 39

-ves

Question 40

homophones

Answer 40

words that sound the same, such a “new” and “knew” but have different meanings

Question 41

homographs

Answer 41

words that are spelled the same, such as ( bass = a fish) vs ( bass = a musical instrument)

Question 42

homophones

Answer 42

at/ eight
bare/bear
course/coarse
hole/whole
its/it’s
seam/seem
to/too/two

Question 43

common homographs

Answer 43

bat/bat: piece of sporting equipment vs winged bat

bow / bōw

content/ content ( happy vs contained)

digest / digest ( condensed version of txt vs process food)
minute vs mīnute