Prefix and suffix

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Prefixes and suffixes

What are prefixes and what are suffixes?

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.

Prefix

a prefix is put at the beginning of a word to change its meaning

like - dislike

happy - unhappy

write - rewrite

Another difference is

no prefix          prefix

legal                    illegal

wanted              unwanted
regular               irregular

literate               illiterate

So what do they do?

Prefixes

non-/un-/im-/il-/in-/ir- 

non-profit/illegal/impossible

Re-

return / revisit/ replay

Mis-

miscommunication  

Dis-

disappear / dislike

Give an opposite meaning to a word.

Again

Negative meaning

Opposite or negative meaning

Which is the correct opposite of honest?

1. unhonest
2. ilhonest
3. dishonest
4. mishonest

Which is the correct opposite of reliable?

1. irreliable
2. unreliable
3. disreliable
4. inreliable

Which is the correct opposite of agree?

1. misagree
2. unagree
3. iragree
4. disagree

Wat komt er voor "possible"

1. Non
2. Dis
3. Im
4. Ir

Wat komt er voor "play"

1. Mis
2. Re
3. Un
4. Ir

Wat komt er voor "appear"

1. Un
2. Dis
3. Non
4. Ir

Suffix

a suffix is put at the end of a word to change its meaning

love - lovely

cheer - cheerful

music - musical

Suffixes

-er

slower, faster, easier 

-ness

kindness, happiness

-ing

painting

-ment

payment

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.

Wat komt er achter "punish"

1. ment
2. ness
3. er
4. ing

Wat komt er achter "teach"

1. ment
2. ness
3. er

Wat komt er achter "sad"

1. er
2. ing
3. ment
4. ness

Choose the suffix that changes the verb 'develop' into a person that does the action.

1. -ment
2. -ness
3. -er

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