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PREFIXES AND
SUFFIXES
What are they?
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WORDS, WORDS,
WORDS!
Base word-- a complete word that can stand alone
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ROOT
In our last lesson, we learned that a ROOT was a word part
that contains the core meaning of a word.
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PREFIX
A group of letters that appears at the beginning of a root or
base word.
Not all words have these...
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PREFIX EXAMPLE
disarm
What does the prefix mean?
Can you guess what the word meaning might be?
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SUFFIX
A Word part that appears at the end of a root word or base
word to form a new word. Not every word has one of these...
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NOUN AND VERB
SUFFIXES
Check out the list of suffixes that form nouns or verbs.
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NOUN SUFFIX
EXAMPLE
tuberculosis
What does the suffix mean?
What is the meaning of the word?
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ADJECTIVE AND
ADVERB SUFFIXES
These are also added to the end of a word to make a word
with different meanings. They form adjectives and adverbs.
Check out this list.
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ADJECTIVE/ADVERB
SUFFIX EXAMPLE
conclusive
What does the suffix mean?
What does the word mean?
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YOUR TURN!
Look at your new handout. Fill out the chart according to
what you know about prefixes and suffixes. You may use all
of your handouts or notes.
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