Grade 3 English Language | Decoding word with Latin suffixes

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English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 3 Reading Foundation - Latin Suffixes (Questions)

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Students need to decode words so that they will understand their meanings. They can consult a dictionary or use context clues. However, there is another way to decode a word which is by breaking the word down. Latin suffixes can help the student learn the meanings of the words based on these common suffixes. In this quiz, the students will determine the meaning of the word based on its Latin suffixes.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
FLAGLESS

[ ]	Full of flags.
[ ]	Without a flag.
[ ]	To be the shape of a flag.
[ ]	To blow in the breeze like a flag.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
LOWLY

[ ]	To feel in a low way.
[ ]	Without being low to the ground.
[ ]	Full of low things.
[ ]	A person who is low.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
COLORFUL

[ ]	To have a little color.
[ ]	To like color.
[ ]	To be without color.
[ ]	To be full of color

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
TASTY

[ ]	To be without taste.
[ ]	A person who tastes something.
[ ]	Tends to have a good taste.
[ ]	To taste something sweet.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
JUICY

[ ]	To be without juice.
[ ]	Tend to have some juice.
[ ]	Having a glass of juice.
[ ]	Someone who has juice.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
LIFELESS

[ ]	Without life.
[ ]	Full of life.
[ ]	Someone who has a happy life.
[ ]	To have another life.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
SECONDLY

[ ]	To be in second place.
[ ]	To be without a second place.
[ ]	To be full of second places.
[ ]	Someone who is second.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
HEALTHFUL

[ ]	Without healthy things.
[ ]	Someone who is wanting to be healthy.
[ ]	Full of healthy things.
[ ]	To act in a healthy way.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
SCARY

[ ]	Without being scared.
[ ]	A person who is always scared.
[ ]	Something that never scares anything.
[ ]	Something that tends to scare someone or something.

10.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
CRAZILY

[ ]	To be a crazy person.
[ ]	To act in a crazy way.
[ ]	To act a certain way without being crazy.
[ ]	To be full of crazy things.

English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 3 Reading Foundation - Latin Suffixes (Answers)

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
FLAGLESS

[ ]	Full of flags.
[x]	Without a flag.
[ ]	To be the shape of a flag.
[ ]	To blow in the breeze like a flag.

Since the suffix "less" means without, the word "flagless" means without a flag.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
LOWLY

[x]	To feel in a low way.
[ ]	Without being low to the ground.
[ ]	Full of low things.
[ ]	A person who is low.

The suffix is "ly," so lowly means to feel in a low way.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
COLORFUL

[ ]	To have a little color.
[ ]	To like color.
[ ]	To be without color.
[x]	To be full of color

The word "colorful" means that something is full of color since the suffix "ful" means full of.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
TASTY

[ ]	To be without taste.
[ ]	A person who tastes something.
[x]	Tends to have a good taste.
[ ]	To taste something sweet.

Tasty means for something to taste good.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
JUICY

[ ]	To be without juice.
[x]	Tend to have some juice.
[ ]	Having a glass of juice.
[ ]	Someone who has juice.

Having the "y" suffix on a word means that the word has a tendency to be like something.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
LIFELESS

[x]	Without life.
[ ]	Full of life.
[ ]	Someone who has a happy life.
[ ]	To have another life.

Lifeless mean to be without life or to look like there is no life in the object.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
SECONDLY

[x]	To be in second place.
[ ]	To be without a second place.
[ ]	To be full of second places.
[ ]	Someone who is second.

To be in second place refers to secondly based on its suffix.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
HEALTHFUL

[ ]	Without healthy things.
[ ]	Someone who is wanting to be healthy.
[x]	Full of healthy things.
[ ]	To act in a healthy way.

Healthful means that something is full of healthy things due to the suffix of "ful."

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
SCARY

[ ]	Without being scared.
[ ]	A person who is always scared.
[ ]	Something that never scares anything.
[x]	Something that tends to scare someone or something.

Since the suffix "y" means to tend to be a certain way, scary means that something tends to scare someone or something.

10.

What is the meaning of the word below? Use your knowledge of Latin suffixes.
CRAZILY

[ ]	To be a crazy person.
[x]	To act in a crazy way.
[ ]	To act a certain way without being crazy.
[ ]	To be full of crazy things.

The word "crazily" means to act in a crazy way.