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Affixes Activity

1. The document provides instructions and a worksheet for an affixes activity with two parts. 2. Part One instructs students to identify the base words, prefixes, and suffixes in 30 words. 3. Part Two asks students to define the meaning of affixes like "photo," "graph," "dia," and base words and use their knowledge of affixes to explain how understanding affixes can help with word meaning.

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Affixes Activity

1. The document provides instructions and a worksheet for an affixes activity with two parts. 2. Part One instructs students to identify the base words, prefixes, and suffixes in 30 words. 3. Part Two asks students to define the meaning of affixes like "photo," "graph," "dia," and base words and use their knowledge of affixes to explain how understanding affixes can help with word meaning.

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NAME: _____________________

Affixes Activity
Part One: Breaking It Down
1. Circle the base word (root word).
2. Underline the prefix.
3. Double underline the suffix. (Not all words have a prefix AND a suffix).

1. Semicircle 2. Preview 3. Misbehave

4. Deforestation 5. Television 6. Unhappily

7. Reviewing 8. Biology 9. Subway

10. Biweekly 11. Reusable 12. Unluckily

13. Capitalism 14. Communist 15. Transport

16. Bicycle 17. Bicycling 18. Internet

19. Centipede 20. Starvation 21. Homonym

22. Thoughtful 23. Autograph 24. Goodness

25. Hydrophobic 26. Teacher 27. Imperfect

28. Hazardous 29. Homophone 30. antidisestablishmentarianism

Part Two: Looking at Meaning


What do the following affixes and base words (root words) mean? Use your Affixes List to help.
1. Photo: ________________________________ 2. Graph: _________________________________

3. Dia: __________________________________ 4. Logy: _________________________________

5. Auto: _________________________________ 6. Multi: _________________________________


7. Homo: ________________________________ 8. Nym: _________________________________

9. Phone: ________________________________ 10. Bio: _________________________________

11. Syn: _________________________________ 12. Anti: _________________________________

13. Hydro: _______________________________ 14. Sphere: _______________________________

15. Tele: _________________________________ 16. Inter: _________________________________

17. Centi: ________________________________ 18. Co: __________________________________

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How can knowing the meaning of affixes and basewords (root words) help? Use examples in your
answer. Write at least six sentences.

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