Helena the Hospital Helper - Storyworks Magazine - Scholastic

Prefixes
Grammar
Cop
Directions: Circle the word
or words that best complete the
sentences below. Pay attention to
the prefixes in red to help you understand
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tHe RiGHt
WoRDs
Helena the
Hospital Helper
24 s toryworks
Helena wants to volunteer at the local hospital, but she needs help
understanding prefixes. Can you help her? A prefix is a word part added to
the beginning of a word or a root to change its meaning. For instance, the
prefix un- means “not,” as in “unhappy,” “uncooked,” or “uncomfortable.”
1. Our staff is multicultural. We come from ______________ different places.
two / a few / many
2. If you misplace your volunteer badge, you ______________ where it is.
know / don’t know / don’t want to know
3. An impatient patient wants to see the doctor ______________.
later / right away / eventually
4. A microscope makes ______________ things look bigger.
big / small / living
5. Some of our rules are unspoken which means they are ______________.
loud / strict / silent
6. If you have a distaste for hospital food, that means you ______________ it.
love / don’t like / can’t taste
7. An automatic wheelchair is powered by ______________.
two people / wind / itself
8. You should presort the sheets and towels ____________ they go to the laundry room.
before / after / while
Lance Lekander

Parts of speech
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writes it down. Next, your partner
puts the words into the story and
reads it out loud.
WRite
a CRazy
stoRy
1.___________________________
plural noun
2.___________________________
adverb ending in –ly
3.___________________________
adjective
4.___________________________
same plural noun as #1
5.___________________________
famous person from history
6.___________________________
adjective
7.___________________________
plural noun
8.___________________________
adjective
9.___________________________
animal
10.___________________________
adjective ending in –est
11.___________________________
plural noun
12.___________________________
adjective
13.___________________________
foreign country
14.___________________________
verb ending in –ing
15.___________________________
adjective
16.___________________________
noun
an odd outing
Last week, my class went on a field trip to the Museum
of 1 . When our teacher told us where we were
going, we all groaned and 2 climbed onto the bus.
But we were so wrong. It’s a(an) 3 place! Did you
know that 4 were invented by 5 ? It’s true.
The museum had some amazing 6 ones on display.
I learned that there are all different kinds. Some have
7 . Some are 8
. There is even one that
looks just like a(an) 9 . I thought the 10 were
the ones that look like 11 . And here’s a(an) 12
fact: In 13 , they are used for 14 .
I didn’t know museums could be so 15 . I’ll
definitely be coming back to this one. And next time, I’ll
bring my digital 16 !
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