4th pass obj 1.2.a
- 1. PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, & ROOT WORDS PASS Objective 1.2.a
- 2. Words don’t grow like plants or flowers, but small words can grow into large words when you learn about prefixes, suffixes, and root words. When you learn how these words can grow, it will improve your reading skills.
- 3. ROOT WORDS This is the basic part of a word. An example could be the word “happy”.
- 4. AFFIXES Letters added to the beginning or end of a root word. These letters can change the meaning of the word. There are two types: Prefixes & Suffixes
- 5. PREFIXES Added to the beginning of a root word to make a new word. It’s like adding a link to a chain. The prefix and the root word link together to make a new word.
- 6. PREFIXES If you add the prefix un- to the root word happy, you have a completely new word with a new meaning.
- 7. COMMON PREFIXES & THEIR MEANINGS PREFIX MEANING dis- the opposite of, not im-, in- not bi- two or both, once every two mis- badly, wrong, not il-, ir- not non- the opposite of, not
- 8. COMMON PREFIXES & THEIR MEANINGS PREFIX MEANING over- beyond, more than pre- before re- again un- the opposite of, not under- beneath, less than ex- out of, away from
- 9. SUFFIXES Added to the end of a root word to make a new word. Adding another link to the chain, but at the end.
- 10. SUFFIXES Add the suffix -ness to the word happy and you get the word happiness. With suffixes, you can’t always just stick it on the end of a word.
- 11. COMMON SUFFIXES & THEIR MEANINGS SUFFIX MEANING able to be or become something worthy of, being or -able, -ible becoming something -en to make or become, made from -er, -or person who -ful acting in a certain way, having alot of something -ish belonging to a nation, like, somewhat -less without, missing something -ly in such a way as, happening sometimes
- 12. COMMON SUFFIXES & THEIR MEANINGS SUFFIX MEANING -ment action or process, result of action or process -ness a way of being something, appearing some way -ous full of, having -al relating to action -ic characterized by, in the manner of -ance action or process, state of, amount of
- 13. PREFIXES & SUFFIXES Root words can have both a prefix and a suffix added to them move re-move mov-able re-mov-able