Prefixes and Suffixes

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Here we go! Can you guess what this is?

It's a coffee bean!

Remember the correct spelling ....only one "L"

Watch the video

What are prefixes?

What are suffixes?

Which ones are mentioned in the video?

What does each of these prefixes and suffixes mean? 

Read the descriptions of the words (1-8), 

1.Adventurer 

2. Mistaken

3. Creative

4. Incorrect

5.Narrator

6. Youthful

7. Hibernation

8. Illegally

match a word (A-H) with pre-/suffix to the description. 

A. Being able to use imagination to create something 

B. In a way that is forbidden by law.

C. Not factual

D. A person who enjoys or seeks adventure

E. A storyteller

F. Spending the winter sleeping

G. Wrong in one's opinion or judgement

H. Young or seemingly young

Add a prefix or a suffix to the correct form of the word in brackets. 

1. I didn't do very well with my FCE assignment, I think I will __________ it. (WRITE)

2. I was late for school this morning, I was so tired that I ______ (SLEEP)

3. It's ______ for children under 16 to work in a factory. (LEGAL)

4. The thieves broke in to the bank but they couldn't  _________ the door to the safe. (LOCK)

5. I'm sorry, I  _____ the teacher completely. I thought he said the test was on Friday. (UNDERSTAND) 

6. The hotel was very posh. They even had a butler to   _______  our luggage. (PACK)

7. In Istanbul, there are a group of activists who campaign tirelessy on behalf of those who have  _____ .  (APPEAR) 

8.  I totally ______ with Donald Trump on his opinions on climate change. (AGREE)

8. Incredible - Incredulous

9. Arrangement - Arrange

10. Change - Changeable

Use the word in a sentence that shows you know how it should be used and what it means.

1.  Unsuitable

2. Unfair

3. Fatten

4. Goodness

5. Sticky

6. Awaken

7. Rearrange