prefixes & suffixes

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Wat is het verschil?

Communication          Miscommunication

Like             Dislike

Kind              Kindness

Prefixes / Voorvoegsels

Komen voor het woord

Veranderen de betekenis van het woord

Prefixes / Voorvoegsels

 (Non)sense                 (Im)possible              (Un)used              

  (Il)legal                         (In)compatible         (Ir)responsible

 (Dis)appear                 (Re)play                       (Mis)behave

overheat

over =

1. in
2. to little
3. to much
4. normal

invisible

in =

1. Yes
2. not
3. see
4. ?

unusual
un =

1. opposite
2. clearly
3. somewhat
4. very

Mislead
mis =

1. direct
2. to
3. wrong
4. against

refinance
re =

1. too much
2. together
3. between
4. again

foresee
fore =

1. earlier, before
2. between
3. under, below
4. not enough

interface
inter =

1. between
2. back
3. across
4. under, below

Suffixes / Achtervoegsels

Komen achter het worod

Veranderen de betekenis van het woord

Suffixes / Achtervoegsels

Met -er: degene die de actie doet: Teach(er)

Werkwoord naar zelfstandig naamwoord: Pay(ment) / Paint(ing)

Bijwoord of bijvoeglijk naamwoord naar zelfstandig naamwoord: Kind(ness)

Suffix

A suffix is a group of letters placed after the root of a word. For example, the word flavorless consists of the root word “flavor” combined with the suffix “-less” [which means “without”]; the word “flavorless” means “having no flavor.”

Portable
able =

1. Fear
2. happiness
3. anger
4. able to

Acting
ing=

1. different
2. qualified
3. older
4. denoting an action

practicable
able =

1. undoable
2. possible
3. higher
4. lower

stronger
'er'=

1. mighty
2. person
3. multiple
4. comparative

strongest
est =

1. different
2. average (gemiddelde trap)
3. Color
4. superlative (overtreffende trap)

Careless
less =

1. Without
2. with
3. more
4. addition

package
-age =

1. result of V
2. person concerned with V
3. action related to V
4. instance of V

Suffixes