Question

1. provide three examples of root words. underline the root word and define its meaning.
2. what is a suffix, according to the powerpoint?
3. what is the rule that makes a suffix unique?
4. provide 5 examples of suffixes.
5. now, lets try to determine what the longest word in the english language is. pneu mono ultra micro scopic volcana coniosis
6. draw a picture to represent what this word means.

Explanation:

1. Example 1: "portable", root word "port" meaning carry. Example 2: "credible", root word "cred" meaning believe. Example 3: "audience", root word "aud" meaning hear.
2. A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning, form a new word, or change its grammatical function (e.g., -ly changes an adjective to an adverb, -tion makes a verb into a noun).
3. A suffix is unique in that it has a specific semantic or grammatical function. For example, -able is a suffix that creates an adjective indicating the possibility or capacity of something (e.g., "drinkable"). It is added to verbs to change their part - of - speech and meaning in a consistent way across words.
4. -ly (adverb - forming suffix, e.g., "quickly"), -tion (noun - forming suffix from verbs, e.g., "education"), -able (adjective - forming suffix, e.g., "readable"), -ness (noun - forming suffix from adjectives, e.g., "happiness"), -ful (adjective - forming suffix, e.g., "helpful").
5. The word "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" is a long word related to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust from volcanoes. "pneu" relates to the lungs, "mono" means one, "ultra" means extremely, "micro" means small, "scopic" relates to viewing, "volcana" relates to volcanoes, "coni" refers to dust, and "osis" is a suffix indicating a disease or abnormal condition.
6. A picture could show a person's lungs with tiny particles (representing silica dust from volcanoes) floating into them, with a magnifying glass (to represent the microscopic aspect) nearby.

Answer:

1. "portable" - "port" means carry; "credible" - "cred" means believe; "audience" - "aud" means hear
2. A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning, form a new word, or change its grammatical function.
3. It has a specific semantic or grammatical function like changing part - of - speech and meaning in a consistent way across words.
4. -ly, -tion, -able, -ness, -ful
5. A long word related to a lung disease from inhaling fine silica dust from volcanoes with "pneu" (lungs), "mono" (one), "ultra" (extremely), "micro" (small), "scopic" (viewing), "volcana" (volcanoes), "coni" (dust), "osis" (disease condition)
6. A person's lungs with tiny particles (silica dust from volcanoes) floating into them and a magnifying glass nearby.