Lesson 18: How Morphology Boosts Vocabulary Flashcards
What is morphology?
Morphology is the study of how words are made up of smaller parts like prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
How does understanding morphology help with reading?
Understanding morphology helps you recognize word parts, making it easier to decode and understand words.
How does morphology help you figure out new words?
Morphology helps you break a word into parts and use what you know about those parts to figure out the meaning.
What are morphemes?
Morphemes are the smallest parts of a word that have meaning, like ‘un-‘ in ‘unhappy’ or ‘-ed’ in ‘jumped.’
How do prefixes help expand vocabulary?
Prefixes change a word’s meaning, like ‘pre-‘ in ‘preview’ meaning ‘before you see.’
How do suffixes help expand vocabulary?
Suffixes can change a word’s meaning or part of speech, like ‘-er’ turning ‘teach’ into ‘teacher.’
What happens when you add a suffix to a root word?
Adding a suffix can turn a verb into a noun, an adjective into an adverb, or show tense and comparison.
Why do some words change spelling when adding a suffix?
Some words double letters or drop letters when adding suffixes, like ‘run’ → ‘running.’
How do root words help you understand word meanings?
Knowing root words helps you recognize related words, like ‘bio’ in ‘biology’ and ‘biography’ both meaning ‘life.’
Why is morphology important for spelling?
Morphology helps with spelling by showing patterns, like ‘-tion’ in ‘action’ and ‘education’ meaning ‘process of.’
What does the morpheme ‘un-‘ mean?
The morpheme ‘un-‘ means ‘not, opposite of (unhappy, unclear)’.
What does the morpheme ‘re-‘ mean?
The morpheme ‘re-‘ means ‘again, back (redo, rewrite)’.
What does the morpheme ‘pre-‘ mean?
The morpheme ‘pre-‘ means ‘before (preview, preheat)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-er’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-er’ means ‘a person who does something (teacher, writer)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-or’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-or’ means ‘a person who does something (actor, inventor)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-ment’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-ment’ means ‘the result of an action (enjoyment, movement)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-tion’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-tion’ means ‘an action or process (celebration, education)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-able’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-able’ means ‘able to be (readable, breakable)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-less’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-less’ means ‘without (fearless, hopeless)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-ous’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-ous’ means ‘full of (dangerous, famous)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-ly’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-ly’ means ‘in a certain way (quickly, happily)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-y’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-y’ means ‘full of or like (sunny, messy)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-en’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-en’ means ‘to make (darken, sharpen)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-ize’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-ize’ means ‘to make (realize, organize)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-ful’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-ful’ means ‘full of (hopeful, joyful)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-sion’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-sion’ means ‘an action or process (expansion, decision)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-est’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-est’ means ‘most (biggest, fastest)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-ive’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-ive’ means ‘having the nature of (creative, active)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-hood’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-hood’ means ‘a state or period of life (childhood, adulthood)’.
What does the morpheme ‘-ic’ mean?
The morpheme ‘-ic’ means ‘having the quality of (comic, heroic)’.
What happens when you add ‘un-‘ to ‘kind’?
‘Unkind’ means ‘not kind.’
What happens when you add ‘re-‘ to ‘do’?
‘Redo’ means ‘to do again.’
What happens when you add ‘pre-‘ to ‘heat’?
‘Preheat’ means ‘to heat before cooking.’
What happens when you add ‘-er’ to ‘teach’?
‘Teacher’ means ‘a person who teaches.’
What happens when you add ‘-or’ to ‘act’?
‘Actor’ means ‘a person who acts.’
What happens when you add ‘-ment’ to ‘enjoy’?
‘Enjoyment’ means ‘the result of enjoying something.’
What happens when you add ‘-tion’ to ‘educate’?
‘Education’ means ‘the process of educating.’
What happens when you add ‘-able’ to ‘read’?
‘Readable’ means ‘able to be read.’
What happens when you add ‘-less’ to ‘fear’?
‘Fearless’ means ‘without fear.’
What happens when you add ‘-ous’ to ‘danger’?
‘Dangerous’ means ‘full of danger.’
What happens when you add ‘-ly’ to ‘quick’?
‘Quickly’ means ‘in a quick way.’
What happens when you add ‘-y’ to ‘mess’?
‘Messy’ means ‘full of mess.’
What happens when you add ‘-en’ to ‘dark’?
‘Darken’ means ‘to make darker.’
What happens when you add ‘-ize’ to ‘organ’?
‘Organize’ means ‘to put things in order.’
What happens when you add ‘-ful’ to ‘joy’?
‘Joyful’ means ‘full of joy.’
What happens when you add ‘-sion’ to ‘expand’?
‘Expansion’ means ‘the act of expanding.’
What happens when you add ‘-est’ to ‘big’?
‘Biggest’ means ‘the most big.’
What happens when you add ‘-ive’ to ‘create’?
‘Creative’ means ‘having the ability to create.’
What happens when you add ‘-hood’ to ‘child’?
‘Childhood’ means ‘the time of being a child.’
What happens when you add ‘-ic’ to ‘hero’?
‘Heroic’ means ‘having the qualities of a hero.’
