Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Prefixes Say Plenty
Test what you know about prefixes. Feedback is given when you answer questions correctly or incorrectly.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Key Literacy Component: Vocabulary
What's in a word? Mastery of oral and written vocabulary promotes comprehension and communication. Find out how proper instruction can help students who struggle with vocabulary.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes
You will learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
Get It Write
Get It Write: Regarding "Irregardless"
In addition to addressing the misuse of "irregardless" for "regardless," there's a lengthy discussion about the meaning of negative prefixes, as well as other prefixes that can be confusing. A great reference.
Vocabulary.com
Around and Around: Circum
This site contains a list of 10 words that contains "circum-" as a prefix in them. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
Vocabulary.com
It Takes Two: Bi
This site contains a list of 10 words that contain the bi- prefix. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
Vocabulary.com
Latin Root "Sub" Words
This site contains a list of 10 words that contain "sub", a prefix that means "under" or "below", in them. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Reading Topics a to Z: Root Words, Roots, and Affixes
An introduction to using word parts to improve vocabulary skills. Includes charts of common Greek and Latin roots as well as common prefixes and suffixes and their meanings. Each of the four charts can be downloaded.
Vocabulary.com
Vocabulary.com: 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know
This site contains a list of 100 words that middle school students need to know to ensure academic success. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words...
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Words to Watch Out For
A factsheet, a worksheet, a game, and a quiz are provided for teachers and students at this BBC spelling skills tutorial that shows you how to avoid confusing words.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Word Way [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students identify unknown words within a text, identify their parts and syllables, and work to determine the meaning of each word. Materials are included.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Real Practice With Root Words
This article focuses on providing real practice with root words including defining root words, determining the prefixes and suffixes, understanding word families, and providing a worksheet with an answer key.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Spelling: Prefixes and Suffixes
This Skillswise site focuses on prefixes and suffixes. Included are a video about why learning about these additions to root words is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Root Words
This Skillswise site focuses on root words. Included are a video about why learning how to identify root words is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Suffixes: Ible vs. Able
A constant dilemma: ible or able? Find out when to use which.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Suffixes Able Versus Ible [Pdf]
Practice suffix skills by completing each sentence with a word ending in -able or -ible.
Quia
Quia: Greek & Latin Roots Skills
Test your knowledge on Greek & Latin Roots by using "Matching, Flashcards, Concentration or Word Search."
Quia
Quia: Roots & Prefixes
Tests knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and prefixes, using matching, concentration, and word search formats.
Quia
Quia: Prefix Millionaire
Based on the popular game show, this quiz tests knowledge of common prefixes in a multiple choice format.
Quia
Quia: Suffixes: Rags to Riches
Increase student's understanding of suffixes with this interactive game. Students' demonstrate understanding of word endings by selecting correct definitions of each suffix.
Other
Mountain View Middle School: The Suffixes Able and Ible [Pdf]
Rules, examples, word lists, and practice exercises designed to teach the proper use of -ible and -able suffixes.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Affixes: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces affixes, including suffixes and prefixes and lesser-known affixes. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Affixes."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Common Suffixes and Their Meanings
This lesson introduces common suffixes and their meanings.
Other
Howto Spell: Ible or Able Word Endings
Test your knowledge of -ible and -able suffixes by adding the correct suffix to each word in this eight-question quiz.