Student Directions: Use the knowledge of the word parts you have learned to answer the questions below. Note: some answer choices use made-up words.
Which of the following words contains a root that means "mark"?
Which of the following words would best mean "break something again"?
Which of the following words contains a suffix that "signals an ongoing action"?
Which sentence uses "progression" correctly?
Which sentence uses "befuddled" correctly?
Which of the following words best reflects the meaning of the prefix "con"?
Which of the following is the best definition of the word "cyclical" as used in this sentence?
The weather patterns in this region are cyclical, repeating themselves every year.
Which sentence uses "infrastructure" correctly?
Prefixes are word parts added to the beginning of a word.
Suffixes are word parts added to the end of a word.
Word parts are important to know so that they can help you understand the meaning of unknown words.
The prefix de- in decompose shows it means to ____ a substance.