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Lesson duration is: 100 min
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Chapter 5
Grammar 9: prefixes and suffixes
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Slide 2 - Slide
Prefixes and suffixes are sets of letters that we add to the beginning of a word (prefix) or at the end of a word (suffix). They change the meaning of a word.
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Prefixes
non-/un-/im-/il-/in-/ir-
non-profit/illegal/impossible
Re-
return / revisit/ replay
Mis-
miscommunication
Dis-
disappear
Give an opposite meaning to a word.
Again
Negative meaning
Opposite or negative meaning
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Suffixes
-er
slower, faster, easier
-ness
kindness, happiness
-ing
painting
-ment
payment
Comparison / a person or thing that does a certain action.
To turn an adverb/adjective into a noun.
To turn a product, material or a verb into a noun.
To change a verb into a noun.
Slide 5 - Slide
Choose the suffix that changes the verb 'buy' into a person that does the action.
A
-ing
B
-ment
C
-er
Slide 6 - Quiz
Change the verb 'build'. Add the prefix that means 'again'.
Slide 7 - Open question
Change the noun 'respect'. Add the prefix that gives it the opposite meaning.
Slide 8 - Open question
Change the adjective 'weak' into a noun. Choose the correct suffix: -ness or -ment.
Slide 9 - Open question
Change the adjective 'responsible'. Add the prefix that gives it the opposite meaning.
Slide 10 - Open question
Change the verb 'do'. Add the prefix that means 'again'.
Slide 11 - Open question
Change the verb 'disappoint' into a noun. Choose the correct suffix: -ment or -ness.
Slide 12 - Open question
Choose the suffix that changes the verb 'develop' into a person that does the action.