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Riddle puzzle: Prefixes and suffixes

Solve each question. Find your answer in the decoder and write its letter in the box. The letters answer the riddle.

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Where do math teachers go on holiday?

  1. 1.What does this prefix mean? pre-
  2. 2.What does this suffix mean? -less
  3. 3.What is the root word in "painter"? Type it.
  4. 4.What does this prefix mean? auto-
  5. 5.What does "preheat" mean?
  6. 6.What does "repaint" mean?
  7. 7.What does this prefix mean? tele-
  8. 8.What does this suffix mean? -ful
  9. 9.What does "replay" mean?
  10. 10.What does "reread" mean?
  11. 11.What does "hopeful" mean?

Decoder

play againA

too muchJ

beforeT

paintM

full ofU

far awayQ

full of hopeE

read againR

wronglyZ

paint againS

heat beforeS

selfE

immatureK

unusualX

withoutI

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Answer key: Prefixes and suffixes riddle

Where do math teachers go on holiday? Times Square!

  1. 1. before = T
  2. 2. without = I
  3. 3. paint = M
  4. 4. self = E
  5. 5. heat before = S
  6. 6. paint again = S
  7. 7. far away = Q
  8. 8. full of = U
  9. 9. play again = A
  10. 10. read again = R
  11. 11. full of hope = E

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