Question

read the sentence. from a prior scene, the audience knew that the lead was hysterical because of the contemptible villain. suffixes help a reader understand the meanings of words. which words in the sentence have suffixes? select three answers. options: prior, audience, hysterical, contemptible, villain

Explanation:

To determine which words have suffixes, we analyze each word:

• "hysterical": The suffix "-ical" is added to "hysteric" (or related root) to form an adjective meaning related to hysteria.
• "contemptible": The suffix "-ible" is added to "contempt" to form an adjective meaning worthy of contempt.
• "villain" has no suffix (it's a base word), "audience" has no suffix (base word), "prior" has no suffix (base word). So the three words with suffixes are hysterical, contemptible. Wait, wait, the options are prior, audience, hysterical, contemptible, villain. Wait, let's re - check:
• "hysterical" has suffix "-ical".
• "contemptible" has suffix "-ible".
• Wait, maybe I missed. Wait, "villain" – no. "audience" – no. "prior" – no. Wait, maybe the third one? Wait, maybe a mistake. Wait, the words in the sentence are "prior", "audience", "hysterical", "contemptible", "villain". Let's check each:
• "hysterical": suffix "-ical" (turns the root into an adjective).
• "contemptible": suffix "-ible" (forms an adjective from "contempt").
• Wait, maybe "villain" – no. Wait, maybe the question has a typo or I misread. Wait, the sentence is "From a prior scene, the audience knew that the lead was hysterical because of the contemptible villain." So the words to check are prior, audience, hysterical, contemptible, villain.
• "hysterical" (suffix -ical), "contemptible" (suffix -ible), and maybe "villain" – no. Wait, maybe I made a mistake. Wait, "audience" – no. "prior" – no. Wait, perhaps the three are hysterical, contemptible, and maybe another? Wait, no. Wait, the options are the five checkboxes: prior, audience, hysterical, contemptible, villain. So the three with suffixes are:
• hysterical (suffix -ical)
• contemptible (suffix -ible)
• Wait, maybe "villain" – no. Wait, maybe the question expects these three: hysterical, contemptible, and maybe I was wrong. Wait, let's confirm suffixes:
• Suffix "-ical" in "hysterical" (adjective suffix, meaning "related to").
• Suffix "-ible" in "contemptible" (adjective suffix, meaning "capable of" or "worthy of").
• Wait, maybe "villain" has no suffix. "audience" has no suffix (from "audire" + -ence? Wait, "audience" has suffix "-ence"? Wait, "audience" comes from Latin "audientia" with suffix "-ence" (noun suffix). Oh! I missed that. So "audience" has suffix "-ence". And "hysterical" (-ical), "contemptible" (-ible). So the three are:
• hysterical (suffix -ical)
• contemptible (suffix -ible)
• audience (suffix -ence)

Wait, let's re - analyze:

• "prior": base word, no suffix.
• "audience": root "audi" (hear) + suffix "-ence" (noun suffix, indicating state or quality).
• "hysterical": root "hyster" + suffix "-ical" (adjective suffix).
• "contemptible": root "contempt" + suffix "-ible" (adjective suffix).
• "villain": base word, no suffix.

So the three words with suffixes are audience, hysterical, contemptible.

Answer:

audience, hysterical, contemptible