Affixes

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

AFFIX

An affix is a word element that can be attached to a root/base of a word to create a new word.

Examples

dishonest = not/ the opposite

cooperate = together, with

Worthless = without

goodness = state of

To visit again

1. visiting
2. unvisit
3. revisit
4. invisit

The opposite of 'connect'

1. connects
2. disconnect
3. unconnect
4. reconnect

Someone who 'drives'

1. drivist
2. driving
3. driver
4. drivent

State of being a 'leader'

1. leadering
2. leadership
3. leaders
4. leaderly

The opposite of 'like'

1. unlike
2. delike
3. dislike
4. relike

What is the function of -s in these words?
workers / shoes / pillows

1. het is deel van de SHIT-regel
2. enkelvoud
3. meervoud

......draw

....usual

.....frost

.....fiction

.....portant

.....legal

il...

non...

un....

im...

with...

de...

Choose the correct suffix

respect...

1. -less
2. -ible
3. -ful
4. -ness

The prefix of "happy" is..........

1. im-happy
2. non-happy
3. dishappy
4. unhappy

agoraphobia
phobia =

1. place
2. fear
3. many
4. dizzy

Do you now understand
what PREFIXES and SUFFIXES are?

Yes

A little bit

No