Morphology Cards - Prefixes + Roots + Suffixes

Morphology!

Increase your student's reading and writing vocabulary by helping them understand the meaning of common prefixes, roots, and suffixes. As students learn the meaning of different parts of words, they can apply this reading strategy to decode new words, increasing their vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Prefixes:

over = too much

un = not

dis = not

re = again

trans = across

mis = wrong

sub = under

semi = half

pre = before

under = below

super = above

mid = middle

Roots:

astr = star

chron = time

audi = hear

mit = send

geo = life

graph = write

dict = say, speak

hydr = water

spec = look/see

therm = heat

struct = build

tract = draw/pull

port = carry

rupt = break/burst

photo = light

ject = throw

cent = 100

circum = around

fac = to do/to make

form = shape

fort = strength

jud = judge

mega = large

micro = small

saur = lizard

urb = city

circle = circle, ring

aero = air

loc = place

meter = measure

man = hand

act = do

Suffixes:

less = without

ful = full of

ing = present

ed = past tense

s/es = plural

ly = describes