Word formation

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today: 

Word formation: an introduction 

Word formation: some help 

Word formation: an activity 

You get two minutes to create as many new words as you can from the word given. 

Let's start with an example 

FORGET 

Take a minute to think.... 

FORGETFUL

FORGETTABLE 

UNFORGETTABLE 
FORGETTABLY

UNFORGETTABLY 

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Prefixes and suffixes 

You add a prefix at the BEGINNING of a word

You add a suffix at the END of a word. 

On the following page, drag the prefixes and suffixes into the correct category 

PREFIX 

SUFFIX

in 

hyper 

able 

ist 

ical 

dis

ify 

mega 

Verb	Noun (person)	Noun (thing)	Adjective	Adverb	Negative
Play	Player	Play	Playful	Playfully	-
Think	Thinker	Thought	Thoughtful	Thoughtfully	Thoughtless
Produce	Producer	Product Produce Production	Productive	Productively	Unproductive
Advise	Advisor	Advice	Advisable Advisory	Advisably	Inadvisable

I've been so .................. all day, I didn't get anything done.

1. Productive
2. Unproductive
3. Producer
4. Production

What is the correct ....... of "adjective"?

1. translator
2. translate
3. translation
4. transition

You shouldn't be so .................. to your parents!

1. unrespectful
2. disrespectful
3. disrespective
4. unrespective

I don't know if that shirt is in stock, I will check the ...... for you

1. avail
2. available
3. availableness
4. availability

Some parents ................ what their children do in their spare time.

1. ignorance
2. ignorant
3. ignoring
4. ignore

I didn't complete my homework, but my teacher was ..... about it

1. understanding
2. understandable
3. understood
4. understandand

During our holiday in Dubai we stayed in a ............... (luxury) and expensive hotel.

I looked at the parking spot in ....... (believe). Someone had stolen my car!

He's really bad at cheating, so not ................ (surprise), he was caught.

Collecting garden gnomes may seem like an unusual ....... (act) but many people do it.

The queue hasn't moved in five minutes. I'm getting a bit ....... (patience)

The ............... (popular) of Rubik's cube sparked in the 1980s.

When you have to show your passport, this is a way to ............ (identity) yourself.

Time to put your newfound skills to use! 

Come and get a worksheet and see if you can figure this out. 

You can use a dictionary

You cannot use Google translate 

You may work together