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• Engels
• Middelbare school

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prefixes

You can put a prefix before a word. This prefix changes the meaning of the word. For example you can make the meaning negative: fair - unfair

making negative words

some prefixes give the meaning not when they are put before a word:

il-              dis-

ir-              im-

in-             mis-

un-

1. words starting with l- often get il- : logical / illogical
2. words starting with r often get ir-: irresponsible
3. words starting with m and p often get im-: impossible , immature

examples

satisfied - dissatisfied                                     appear - disappear

patient -  impatient                                           regular - irregular

expensive - inexpensive                                 moral - immoral

legal - illegal

possible - impossible

comfortable - uncomfortable

honest -  dishonest

happy - unhappy

responsible - irresponsible

understand - misunderstand

other prefixes

non-         meaning: not

re-             meaning: again

sub-         meaning: under

un-           meaning: reverse 

under-    meaning: below

nouns + suffix

You can turn other parts of speech into nouns by adding a suffix after the word.

- ation

-ion

- ness

- ship

-ity

-ism

-ence

-ment

-al

but:

true - truth

succeed - success

die - death

high - height

adjectives: word + suffix

You can turn another part of speech into an adjective by adding the suffix:

- ible

- able

-y

-al

-ive

-ful

-less

-ous

windy             endless

attractive      accidental

hopeful         valuable

hopeless       accessible

dangerous

adverbs

Adverbs are usually formed by adding -ly to an adjective. There are some spelling rules though!

complete - completely

temporary- temporarily

real - really

reasonable - reasonably

lucky - luckily

But:

true - truly

shy - shyly

adjectives endig in -ic usualy add -ally

examples of adverbs

steady - steadily

active - actively

necessary- necessarily

annual - annually

extraordinary - extraordinarily

automatic - automatically

verbs   prefixes

You can add a prefix to a verb to change the meaning.

un-  reverse an action:  undo - unlock

dis- not: discourage - disapprove

re - again:  renew - redo - rebuild -repay - relock

from verb to noun

to communicate - communication

to measure - measurement

to satisfy - (dis)satisfaction

to maintain - maintenance

to identify - identification

to introduce - introduction

to criticise - criticism

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publish - publication

product - produced

young - youth 

extreme - extremely

science -  scientific

safe - safety

represent -representative

appear- appearance

possible- impossible