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Is it Valentines day or Valentine's Day? Why?
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14-2-2022

Is it Valentines day or Valentine's Day? Why?

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Today's lesson
We will look at prefixes and suffixes

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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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Why study prefixes and suffixes
Focussing on prefixes and suffixes can help you to understand the meaning of unknown words.

It can also help you to improve your writing - by correctly using adverbs and adjectives.

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Prefixes
non-/un-/im-/il-/in-/ir- 
non-profit/illegal/impossible / incapable / unable / irresponsible
Re-
return / revisit/ replay
Mis- / mal-
miscommunication/ mistake / malfunction / malformed

Dis-
disappear  / disorientate
Give an opposite meaning to a word.


Again

Negative meaning



Opposite or negative meaning

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more examples of prefixes
anti: (against)
antidepressant, antisocial, antifreeze

non: (without)
nonsense, nondescript, nonexistent

super: (above)
supernatural, superfood, superman, 

over: (too much)
overjoyed, overdue, overwork, overeat

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Suffixes
-er
slower, faster, easier 
teacher, waiter, 
-ness
kindness, happiness

-ing
painting

-ment
payment, installment
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.

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A common use of suffixes:
Changing an adverb to an adjective
An adverb says something about a verb - He runs slowly
An adjective says something abut a noun - A slow runner
Many adverbs are created by adding -ly to an adjective: careful - carefully

adjectives ending in -y add -ily: easy - easily

-able, -ible, --le endings: usually drop the e and then add y: capable - capably / delicate - delicately / responsible-responsibly / subtle - subtly / gentle - gently

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Fill in the blanks. Decide whether you need an adverb or adjective:
She is always dressed -------.  
The chidren are always playing -------.  
Brad Pitt is a ------ man. 
I couldn't find my purse, it disappeared ---------
Picasso was a ------ painter. He painted -----------.
Marilyn Monroe was a -------- lady. 
Joe Biden was ------- at the last presidential elections. He won ------
Use the following words (they can be used numerous times):
glamorous / nice / victorious / attractive  / happy / great / handsome / wonderful / mysterious

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Fill in the blanks. Decide whether you need an adverb or adjective:
She is always dressed -------.  glamorously / attractively / nicely
The chidren are always playing -------.  happily / nicely
Brad Pitt is a ------ man.       handsome / attractive
I couldn't find my purse, it disappeared --------- mysteriously
Picasso was a ------ painter. He painted -----------. great / wonderful. .......    wonderfully
Marilyn Monroe was a -------- lady.  glamorous / attractive 
Joe Biden was ------- at the last presidential elections. He won ------ victorious .... victoriously
glamorous / nice / victorious / attractive  / happy / great / handsome / wonderful / mysterious

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“I had a flight I’ll never forget”
“A few years ago, I went on holiday to India with my then-boyfriend. For 10 days we had a blissful time eating fresh fish on the beach, drinking cocktails and staying in a nice hotel. Our flight home was on Valentine’s Day and I was determined to make our last day as romantic as possible. Unfortunately, my stomach had other ideas. We were sitting at the gate
when I suddenly felt very dodgy. I ran to the loo where I was extremely ill. (I blame the chicken burger I’d had the night before – the only non-Indian food I’d eaten the whole trip). After that, I felt fine – until 20 minutes later.
We were boarding and I motioned to my boyfriend with a panicked look in my eye. He got it immediately. “CAN YOU ALL MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, MY GIRLFRIEND IS ABOUT TO SHIT HERSELF?”. I made it to the plane's loo about half a second too late. There followed a pretty degrading (but could-have-been-a-lot- worse) clean-up situation. Soon after, I was back in the loo again where I continued to empty myself for the next five hours. I was mortified as I had only been with my boyfriend for nine months. But he was sweet, mopping my sweaty brow. He laughed quite a lot though”. – Jacky

And now, because it's Valentine's Day: find the prefixes and suffixes in this text about a hellish Valentine's Day ;-)

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