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Building Vocabulary: Word Roots, Affixes, and Reference Materials — Quiz

Question 6 • English Language Arts 12

Which is the prefix in disappointedly ?

Answer
A
-ly
B
-ed
C
dis-
D
appoint

Explanation

A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word. In “disappointedly,” dis- comes before “appointed,” so dis- is the prefix. The endings -ed and -ly are suffixes because they come at the end.

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