Prefixes, Suffixes, and Context Clues

A PREFIX is added to the ___ of the word.

What prefix would you add to the word "view" to indicate that you see something before other people do?

A SUFFIX is added to the ___ of the word.

What does the suffix 'ful' do to the word house in this sentence:

"She had a houseful that weekend."

The ROOT or BASE WORD is the basic part part of the word (the main word).

Adding a prefix or suffix changes the meaning of a word.

What prefix would you add to the word "finished" to show that there is still some work to be done?

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word.

Many people say I am very different from my twin sister. She is reticent,

while I am very friendly and outgoing.

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When I was caught in the rain, my clothes were saturated and completely soaking wet.

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Tammy knew she should feel happy about the last day of school, but she actually felt quite lugubrious when she thought about the three months that were coming up.

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Unlike her grandmother, who was very generous to her, Sarah’s parents were misers who never bought her anything.

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When she was young, my grandmother was a milliner who made caps,

berets, and bonnets for wealthy women.

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Margaret had ambivalent feelings about attending the concert. She knew she’d enjoy the music, but she didn’t really want to go out in the rainy weather.

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I am most lucid right when I wake up in the morning, so I always keep a piece of paper at my bedside in case any ideas come to me at that

time.

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His trepidation around water was the first clue to the parents that the child needed more exposure to water through swim lessons.