Lesson 20: Make it Stick Flashcards
What is morphology?
Morphology is the study of how words are made up of smaller parts like prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
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 change a word’s meaning?
Prefixes change a word’s meaning, like ‘pre-‘ in ‘preview’ meaning ‘before you see.’
How do suffixes change a word’s meaning?
Suffixes can change a word’s meaning or part of speech, like ‘-er’ turning ‘teach’ into ‘teacher.’
What is the difference between a root word and a base word?
A root word carries meaning and can stand alone, while a base word may change when adding affixes.
What happens when you add a prefix to a word?
A prefix is added to the beginning of a word and changes its meaning, like ‘re-‘ in ‘redo’ meaning ‘do again.’
What happens when you add a suffix to a word?
A suffix is added to the end of a word and can change its tense, form, or meaning, like ‘-ly’ in ‘quickly.’
Why do some words change spelling when adding a suffix?
Some words double letters or drop letters when adding suffixes, like ‘run’ → ‘running.’
How does morphology help with reading?
Morphology helps with reading by breaking words into parts to understand them more easily.
How does morphology help with spelling?
Morphology helps with spelling by showing common patterns, like ‘-tion’ in ‘action’ and ‘education’ meaning ‘process of.’
Find a word that starts with ‘un-‘ and explain its meaning.
Example: ‘unhappy’ means ‘not happy.’
Find a word that starts with ‘re-‘ and explain its meaning.
Example: ‘redo’ means ‘to do again.’
Find a word that starts with ‘pre-‘ and explain its meaning.
Example: ‘preview’ means ‘to see before.’
Find a word that has ‘-er’ at the end and explain what it means.
Example: ‘teacher’ means ‘a person who teaches.’
Find a word that has ‘-ment’ at the end and explain what it means.
Example: ‘enjoyment’ means ‘the result of enjoying something.’
Find a word that has ‘-ness’ at the end and explain what it means.
Example: ‘kindness’ means ‘the state of being kind.’
Find a word that has ‘-ful’ at the end and explain what it means.
Example: ‘joyful’ means ‘full of joy.’
Find a word that has ‘-less’ at the end and explain what it means.
Example: ‘fearless’ means ‘without fear.’
Find a word that has ‘-tion’ or ‘-sion’ at the end and explain what it means.
Example: ‘education’ means ‘the process of educating.’
Find a word that has ‘-able’ or ‘-ible’ at the end and explain what it means.
Example: ‘readable’ means ‘able to be read.’
Find a word that changes spelling when you add ‘-ed’ and explain why.
Example: ‘run’ becomes ‘ran’ when changing tense.
Find a word that changes spelling when you add ‘-ing’ and explain why.
Example: ‘make’ becomes ‘making’ (drop the ‘e’).
Find a word that changes spelling when you add ‘-er’ or ‘-est’ and explain why.
Example: ‘big’ becomes ‘bigger’ (double the final letter).
Find a word that keeps the same spelling when adding a suffix and explain why.
Example: ‘hope’ stays the same in ‘hopeful.’
What word do you get when you add ‘un-‘ to ‘happy’?
‘Unhappy’ means ‘not happy.’
What word do you get when you add ‘re-‘ to ‘do’?
‘Redo’ means ‘to do again.’
What word do you get when you add ‘-ly’ to ‘quick’?
‘Quickly’ means ‘in a quick way.’
What word do you get when you add ‘-ness’ to ‘kind’?
‘Kindness’ means ‘the state of being kind.’
What word do you get when you add ‘-ment’ to ‘enjoy’?
‘Enjoyment’ means ‘the result of enjoying something.’
What word do you get when you add ‘-tion’ to ‘educate’?
‘Education’ means ‘the process of educating.’
Fix this spelling mistake: runing
Correct spelling: running
Fix this spelling mistake: makeing
Correct spelling: making
Fix this spelling mistake: biger
Correct spelling: bigger
Fix this spelling mistake: funyest
Correct spelling: funniest
Fix this spelling mistake: loveing
Correct spelling: loving
Fix this spelling mistake: carring
Correct spelling: carrying
Fix this spelling mistake: exciteing
Correct spelling: exciting
Fix this spelling mistake: fameous
Correct spelling: famous
Fix this spelling mistake: argueing
Correct spelling: arguing
Fix this spelling mistake: laughhing
Correct spelling: laughing
Fix this spelling mistake: raceing
Correct spelling: racing
Fix this spelling mistake: changable
Correct spelling: changeable
Fix this spelling mistake: happyness
Correct spelling: happiness
Fix this spelling mistake: jumpping
Correct spelling: jumping
Fix this spelling mistake: sadist
Correct spelling: saddest
Fix this spelling mistake: usefull
Correct spelling: useful
Fix this spelling mistake: hoppening
Correct spelling: happening
Fix this spelling mistake: peacefull
Correct spelling: peaceful
Fix this spelling mistake: softten
Correct spelling: soften
Fix this spelling mistake: joyfull
Correct spelling: joyful
