H2 prefixes and suffixes

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome everyone!

5th of March, 2024

Homework

I will come by to check the words  from C, F and G
from chapter 4

Don't have it? Marked as absent without material. Third chance.

Goal: I know how to change the meaning of a word with the use of prefixes and suffixes

Prefixes and suffixes are

a short addition at the beginning or the end of the root of a word, that changes its meaning.

Prefixes and suffixes together make affixes!

dis- / mis- / in- / un- / im- / ir- / il- / non- 

Give the word an opposite meaning

welcome   --> unwelcome

patient       --> impatient

logical       --> illogical

complete   --> incomplete

appropriate ---> inappropriate

re- 

To do again or repeat something 

redo 

recall

rebuild

reminder

response

recycle

recover

pre-

indicates that something has been done beforehand OR shows that something happened after a particular event (-)

prearrange

preheat

pre-industrial

pre-historical

Moving on to the suffixes!

                          - er                           

1) Use when you make a comparison

sweeter, nicer, cooler, darker, lower

2) For a person or thing doing an action

teacher, dancer, biker, gamer, 

                      - able                           

1) to see something is possible

portable, respectable, practicable

                      - less                           

1) To indicate something is missing

flavourless, meaningless, hopeless, homeless

                      - ful                           

1) To say something has a certain property

beautiful, careful, wonderful, stressful

                  - ment, -ing                   

1) To turn a verb into a noun

employment, requirement, payment

                      - ive                             

1) to turn a verb into an adjective

attractive, supportive, effective, exhaustive

Look at the following words

Think about which prefixes and suffixes you recognize.
Don't yell them out loud, I will point at you.
Mistaken
Talking
Lovely
Irresponsible
Illegal

A few more

Attractive
Immoral
Irritating 
Knowledgable
Misplacement
Irredeemable
Effective

Quizizz

Homework for tomorrow

Write theme words and words A from chapter 4.
Bring it to class!
Make sure to ask questions before the testweek!