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Affixes

This document defines affixes and discusses their usage and meaning. It notes that affixes are word parts attached to base words or roots that change a word's meaning. There are two types of affixes: prefixes attached to the beginning and suffixes attached to the end. Some common prefixes and suffixes and their meanings are provided. The document explains that root words are word parts left after removing affixes, while base words can stand alone. It provides examples of how affixes change a word's meaning, such as "reread" meaning to read again based on the prefix "re-".

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Affixes

This document defines affixes and discusses their usage and meaning. It notes that affixes are word parts attached to base words or roots that change a word's meaning. There are two types of affixes: prefixes attached to the beginning and suffixes attached to the end. Some common prefixes and suffixes and their meanings are provided. The document explains that root words are word parts left after removing affixes, while base words can stand alone. It provides examples of how affixes change a word's meaning, such as "reread" meaning to read again based on the prefix "re-".

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Affix Notes

Created by: Ms. Brezek

Affix
A word part that is attached to a base
word or a root word that changes the
meaning of the word.

2 kinds of affixes
Prefixes - A prefix
is a word part that
is attached to the
beginning of a
word.
prefix

Suffix - A suffix is
a word part that is
attached to the
end of a word.
suffix

reviewing
review

Root Words vs. Base Words


A root word is a word
part that is left when the
affixes are removed.
Root words cannot
stand alone.
Example: except
Prefix - ex
root - cept
(cept is not a word by
itself, it cannot stand
alone.)

A base word is a word


that can stand alone
when the affixes are
removed.
Example: inside
Prefix - in
Base - side
(side is a word, it can
stand alone.)

Top 5 Prefixes
prefix

meaning

example

un-

not, opposite of

unable

re-

again

reread

in-, im-, ir-, ill-

not

Inactive,
immature,
irregular, illegal

dis-

not, opposite of

Dishonest

en-, em-

cause to

enable, empower

Top 5 Suffixes
suffix

meaning

example

-s, -es

plurals (more than


one)

cats, dishes

-ed

past-tense verbs

landed, smelled,
wished

-ing

verb form happening right


now

Laughing

-ly

characteristic of

gladly

-er, -or

person who

painter, director,
teacher

Top 5 Suffixes
suffix

meaning

example

-s, -es

plurals (more than


one)

cats, dishes

-ed

past-tense verbs

landed, smelled,
wished

-ing

verb form happening right


now

Laughing

-ly

characteristic of

gladly

-er, -or

person who

painter, director,
teacher

How the meaning changes


If you can understand what the word read
means, you can figure out what reread
means. Re- means to do again, so reread
means to read again.
If you can understand what jump means, you
can figure out what jumped means. -ed
means it happened in the past, so someone
must have jumped in the past.

Now
Go back to the website and follow the
directions.

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