E: Prefixes and suffixes

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Chapter 5

Media minds

What do you remember from before the holiday?

-  I can give advice.

-  I can give my opinion about media. 

D: Asking for and giving your opinion about media and news.

-  I know what prefixes and suffixes are.

-  I can can use prefixes correctly.

-  I can use suffixes correctly.

E: Grammar

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.

Prefixes

non-/un-/im-/il-/in-/ir- 

non-profit/illegal/impossible

Re-

return / revisit/ replay

Mis-

miscommunication  

Dis-

disappear

Give an opposite meaning to a word.

Again

Negative meaning

Opposite or negative meaning

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.

Do exercises 29, 30, 31, 33
(Skip ex. 32)

Did you already finish these? 

Do the reading task!

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

1. -ing
2. -ment
3. -er

What's the comparative form of 'heavy'?

Change the verb 'build'. Add the prefix that means 'again'.

Change the verb 'begin' into the product of the action. Choose the correct suffix -ment or -ing.

Change the noun 'respect'. Add the prefix that gives it the opposite meaning.

Change the adjective 'happy'. Add the prefix that gives it the opposite meaning.

Fill in the comparative of
the adjective 'high'.

Change the adjective 'weak' into a noun. Choose the correct suffix: -ness or -ment.

Change the adjective 'responsible'. Add the prefix that gives it the opposite meaning.

Change the verb 'do'. Add the prefix that means 'again'.

Change the verb 'disappoint' into a noun. Choose the correct suffix: -ment or -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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