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    UNIT 1 : SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES

    In English there are many word endings ( SUFFIXES ) and beginning ( PREFIXES ) that can be
    added to a word to change its meaning or to make it into different part of speech. Some of them are
    shown here.

    Making verbs Making nouns

    The endings -ize and -ify can be added to The ending -er , -ment , and -action can be
    many nouns and adjectives to make them into verbs added to many verbs to make them into
    nouns,
    like this: like this :

    Mechanic -ize Mechanize Heat -er Heater

    We can mechanize our farm to produce more. The engineer started the heater to heat

    Making adverbs Making adjectives from nouns

    The ending -ly can be added to very many adjectives The ndings -y , -ic , -ical , ful , and less
    to make them into adverbs, like this: can be added to many nouns to make them
    into adjectives, like this:
    Quick -ly Quickly
    Economy -ic Economic
    He quickly fixed the lamppost near the sidewalk.
    It was about Venezuela economic.
    Making adjectives from verbs
    Opposites
    The ending -able can be added to many verbs to
    make them into adjectives, like this: These PREFIXES can be added to the
    beginning of some words to change to
    Wash -able Washable their opposite.( -un, -in, -im, -il, -ir, -dis,
    -de, -non )

    Ceramics is washable. Increase -de Decrease

    The temperature decrease 15 degree.


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    Prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word or base to change


    its meaning, “ Re” ( meaning “again”) is a prefix in “refill”

    Suffix is an element that is placed at the ending of a morpheme ( a morpheme is a


    unit that on occasion works as word ) There are two kind of suffix: Derivational
    Suffixes.

    Derivational Suffixes: They can change the meaning and grammatical


    category
    of a word. The most common ones are:

    Category grammatical Derivational Suffix Example

    Noun -ion, -ment, -ance Action ( noun )

    Verb -ify, -en, -ate, -ize Memorize ( verb )

    Adjective -ous, -y, -ful, -ic, -ish Whitish ( adjective )

    -ary, -ive, -ble


    Adverb -ly, wise, -ward Carefully ( adverb )

    Inflectional Suffixes: They are used to change, in a word, either the verbal time, or the
    number, or to make Anglo possessives or comparative degree and superlative of some word.

    Suffix Forming word Example

    -ed past verb Worked

    -ed / -en Past participle Placed, Driven


    -s, .es 3rd person of singular Begins

    -ing Preset participle, gerund Getting

    -er Comparative Bigger

    -est Superlative Tallest

    -s / -es Plural Effects / Glasses


    -'s Possessive Reader's reason

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