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)’.
