Root Words and Affixes Root Words happy cycle
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Root Words and Affixes
Root Words happy cycle hope beauty
Changing the Meaning of a Word Having pizza and ice cream for dinner was unexpected. My little brother flexed his muscles and pretended to have superhuman strength. It is hopeless to study right before a test.
Changing the Use of a Word The princess was a beauty. The princess was beautiful.
Common Affixes and Their Meanings Affix Meaning Example -able capable of fixable bene- good benefit bi- two biannual hyper- over, above hyperactive -ous having qualities of ravenous pre- before prepay re- again review sub- below subway un- not unharmed
Guided Practice with Root Words and Affixes Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. Charlie promised he would buy the tickets to the new movie about prehistoric times. However, he forgot and the movie sold out. I knew I shouldn’t have asked Charlie. He is often unreliable. 1. In the paragraph above, what is the meaning of prehistoric? A. B. C. D. relating to a time after history relating to a time before history relating to a time during history relating to a time outside of history
Guided Practice with Root Words and Affixes Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. Charlie promised he would buy the tickets to the new movie about prehistoric times. However, he forgot and the movie sold out. I knew I shouldn’t have asked Charlie. He is often unreliable. 1. In the paragraph above, what is the meaning of prehistoric? A. B. C. D. relating to a time after history relating to a time before history relating to a time during history relating to a time outside of history
Guided Practice with Root Words and Affixes Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. Charlie promised he would buy the tickets to the new movie about prehistoric times. However, he forgot and the movie sold out. I knew I shouldn’t have asked Charlie. He is often unreliable. 2. In the paragraph above, what is the meaning of unreliable? A. B. C. D. overly reliable normally reliable not reliable below reliable
Guided Practice with Root Words and Affixes Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. Charlie promised he would buy the tickets to the new movie about prehistoric times. However, he forgot and the movie sold out. I knew I shouldn’t have asked Charlie. He is often unreliable. 2. In the paragraph above, what is the meaning of unreliable? A. B. C. D. overly reliable normally reliable not reliable below reliable
Guided Practice with Root Words and Affixes Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. We saw the monorail train moving quickly towards us. 3. In this sentence, what does the word monorail mean? A. B. C. D. one track trolley unstoppable two tracks
Guided Practice with Root Words and Affixes Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. We saw the monorail train moving quickly towards us. 3. In this sentence, what does the word monorail mean? A. B. C. D. one track trolley unstoppable two tracks
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