Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Eighteen, Lesson Five: Unit Review


  1. flock
  2. block
  3. shock
  4. clump
  5. plump
  6. stump
  7. revolution
  8. duration
  9. length
  10. winter
  1. city
  2. town
  3. village
  4. solar
  5. system
  6. planets
  7. orbit
  8. spring
  9. fall
  10. summer
Suffixes

As you may recall, affixes are word parts that are added to words and which change the meaning of the word they are added to. Prefixes are added to the front of words and suffixes are attached to the end of words. One very commonly used suffix is -ful. It means "full of".


	careful			beautiful		skillful

	helpful			cheerful		wonderful

	colorful		remorseful		plentiful

Another commonly used suffix is -er. It can mean either "a person who does" or it can mean "more". Here are some examples:

	surfer			skier			teacher

	painter			reader			writer

	higher			slower			shorter

	lighter			faster			quicker


Idioms

Idioms are interesting ways of expressing an idea. They add humor to everyday communication. Here are a few examples:


I got egg on my face			I did something embarrassing
chicken out				too afraid to do something
chicken scratch				bad handwriting
let's talk turkey			let's discuss business
chicken feed				small amount of money
horse sense				common sense
putting the cart before the horse	doing things in the wrong order
I could eat a horse			I'm very hungry
hold your horses			be patient
we have to hoof it			we must walk
charley horse				leg cramp


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