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Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
Prefix: Fill in the meaning for each
bi=      two      
in=      not      
dis=                  not or opposite                  
pre=         before         
anti=          against          

Fill in the following fill in the blank questions with on of the following words:
biped, telephone, prescription, porter, lovable, careless, distracted

1.           careless           Doing something without caring

2.               prescription               directions prescribed beforehand.

3.        biped         having two feet

4.          lovable          having characteristics that attract love or affection

5.            telephone            electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts into sounds.

6.             distracted             having the attention diverted

7.         porter         someone who carries.

Root Words: Fill in the meaning for each
ped=       feet       
script=           to write           
therm=       heat       
tele=          distant          
care=                       concern or attention                       
port=           to carry           
tract=                  to draw or pull                  

Suffixes: Fill in the meaning for each
phone=        sound        
less=          without          
able=             capable of             
ed=             past tense             
er=          one who          
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
The word "antisocial" means:
  1. Someone who likes being around other people
  2. Someone who knows how to hit the Quan
  3. Someone who avoids spending time with people
  4. Someone who participates in high-society functions
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
The root in the word SPECTATOR means:
  1. observe
  2. love
  3. life
  4. carry
Grade 5 Suffixes
What is the definition of (o)logy?
  1. confused, unsure
  2. to study
  3. the science or study of
  4. earth
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
She was DISHEARTENED after hearing the news that her team didn't win the competition.

What do you think DISHEARTENED means?
  1. happy
  2. irresponsible
  3. discouraged
  4. respectful
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
In the word REALIZATION, the suffix -tion means:
  1. act or process
  2. able
  3. most
  4. without
  5. one who
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.5.4, L.5.4b
Knowing what the prefix "photo" and the suffix "ology" mean, what do you think the word "photology" means?
  1. the study of photographs
  2. pictures of studying
  3. light while studying
  4. the study of light
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
If the word decagon means a figure with ten sides and ten angles, we would say that the prefix deca- means                
  1. 100
  2. 50
  3. 25
  4. 10
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
In the word INTERNATIONAL, the prefix inter- means:
  1. before
  2. again
  3. together
  4. among
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
The suffix -ist means:
  1. across, change, through
  2. between or among
  3. one having a skill or doing an action
  4. ten
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
Form the word.

understand + able
  1. understanable
  2. understandable
  3. understanddable
Grade 5 Prefixes
Choose the correctly spelled word to fill in the blank.

If you                 someone, they should not be your friend.
  1. mistreat
  2. mistreet
  3. mistrete
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
Form the word.

silly + ness
  1. silliness
  2. sillyness
  3. sillieness
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
If a lens is transparent, you can                          
  1. see through it
  2. see around it
  3. see a blurry image
  4. not see through it at all
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
Choose the word that best fits the definition.

works against the effects of poison
  1. antidote
  2. antihistamine
  3. antihero
  4. antifreeze
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
uni
  1. write
  2. two
  3. one, single
  4. three
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
Form the word.

disagree + able
  1. disagrable
  2. disagreable
  3. disagreeable
Grade 5 Suffixes
manageable
  1. someone who manages
  2. able to be managed
  3. manage again
  4. poorly managed
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
Form the word.

predict + able
  1. predicable
  2. predictable
  3. predicteable
Grade 5 Prefixes and Suffixes
Form the word.

use + able
  1. usable
  2. useable
  3. useeable
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