P REFIXES AND SUFFIXES P REFIX A prefix is a letter or a group of letters added to the beginning of...
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Transcript of P REFIXES AND SUFFIXES P REFIX A prefix is a letter or a group of letters added to the beginning of...
It changes the meaning of a word.For example;
Re
Un
Each of these letter group means something.
For example;
Re=again or back
Un=not
So when you add these
prefixes to a word..... It changes the meaning of the word!!!
Look at the root word
do
re+do=redo !
This means to do again.
Lets do some more!!!
ADD THE PREFIX ‘RE’ OR ‘UN’ TO THESE ROOT WORDS!
re
finished pack
pairarrange
call
fit
re
un
unre
re
un
THE PREFIX ‘UN’My mum was unwell on the weekend with a bad cold.
Jerry seemed unhappy to see car window broken.
lets make more sentences with the prefix un and re
ADD THE PREFIX ‘DIS’ TO THESE ROOT WORDS!
dis
trustlike
approveplease
coloured
order
dis
dis
disdis
dis
dis
THE PREFIX ‘DIS’ Sally disagreed with
Tom over who threw the snowball.
Can you disable the alarm?
Can you make more sentences using prefix Dis
It also changes the meaning of a word.
For example; -able -less -s
Each of these letter group means
something. For example; able= capable
less=without s= more than one
slow
slow+ly=
slowly
sudden
sudden+ly=
suddenly
colour
colour+ed=
coloured
paint
paint+ing=
painting
ADD THE SUFFIX ‘LY’ AND ‘LESS’ TO THESE ROOT WORDS!
ly
lessly
lyless
ly
ly
nice
quick
fine
lovingmotion
care
THE SUFFIX ‘-LY’ AND ‘-LESS’
Mum nicely served food to all the guests. My cousin Amina is always expressionless
when it is a surprise. I feel lonely without my brother. I do not want to be a careless person.
LETS SEE ARE YOU PREFIX AND SUFFIX SMART
Where is a prefix found?
At the beginning of a word!
Where is a suffix found?
At the end of a word!
WOW YOU ARE SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES SMART!!!