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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of word forms and their meanings: 1) Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. Prefixes are added to the beginning of words to change their meaning. Suffixes are added to the end of words to change their meaning or function. 2) Proper nouns are capitalized and name specific people, places, or things. Common nouns are more general and name types of people, places, or things. 3) Regular plural nouns are formed by adding -s or -es to the singular form. Irregular plural nouns do not follow the standard rules and may be spelled or pronounced differently than the singular form.

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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of word forms and their meanings: 1) Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. Prefixes are added to the beginning of words to change their meaning. Suffixes are added to the end of words to change their meaning or function. 2) Proper nouns are capitalized and name specific people, places, or things. Common nouns are more general and name types of people, places, or things. 3) Regular plural nouns are formed by adding -s or -es to the singular form. Irregular plural nouns do not follow the standard rules and may be spelled or pronounced differently than the singular form.

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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of word forms and their meanings: 1) Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. Prefixes are added to the beginning of words to change their meaning. Suffixes are added to the end of words to change their meaning or function. 2) Proper nouns are capitalized and name specific people, places, or things. Common nouns are more general and name types of people, places, or things. 3) Regular plural nouns are formed by adding -s or -es to the singular form. Irregular plural nouns do not follow the standard rules and may be spelled or pronounced differently than the singular form.

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    Antonyms – are words with opposite meanings .

    Common and Proper Noun -


    Ex. Pretty-ugly Proper nouns name specific people, things, and places. They are
    Happy-sad
    always capitalized.

    Prefixes- are letters or syllables added at the beginning of words to give 1. Dr.Alva 2. Batangas 3.Brownie 4. Nike
    these words different meaning . Common nouns are more general—they name generic types of people,
    things, and places.
    1.teacher 2. province 3. dog

    SUFFIXES
    A suffix is a letter added to the end of a word to create a new word or
    to change the function of the original word. It can also be a group of
    letters. In other words, a suffix is put at the end of a word to change its
    meaning.

    SUFFIXES THAT MAKE NOUNS


    Suffix Meaning Example

    –age A result Wreckage

    An action or
    –ance state Importance
    -ant A person Asistant –able Able to be Inflatable

    –ee A person Referee -en Made of Woolen

    An action or -ful Full of Beautiful


    -ence state Difference
    –ible Ability Flexible
    -er/or A person Teacher
    –ish A little Greenish
    A type or place
    –ery of work Bakery –less Without Careless

    Makes a –like Similar to, like Lifelike


    –ess feminine form Waitress

    –ous Full of Joyous


    As much as will
    -ful fill Spoonful
    –some A tendency to Quarrelsome

    An action or
    –ing result Painting

    A process, state
    A regular plural noun is simply a noun that has been changed from
    –ion orresult Decoration singular to plural. To create it, you can add -s or -es to the end of the

    A belief or word. For example, the singular noun “book” becomes the plural noun
    –ism condition Judaism
    “books.”

    –ist A person Florist Regular plural nouns can be either countable or uncountable.
    Countable nouns are things can be counted, such as “books,” “chairs,”
    An action or
    –ment state Measurement and “tables.” Uncountable nouns, on the other hand, cannot be

    SUFFIXES THAT MAKE ADJECTIVE counted, such as “love,” “happiness,” and “water.”
    Suffix Meaning Example
    Regular plural nouns are common in English and they are used to For example, the singular noun 'mouse' becomes the irregular plural
    describe more than one of something. For example, if you see more noun 'mice', and the singular noun 'child' becomes the irregular plural
    than one car, you would say “cars.” noun 'children'.
    Irregular plural nouns often come from foreign languages, such as
    Latin or Greek, and usually don't follow the same rules as other
    nouns .

    An irregular plural noun does not follow the standard rules of


    forming its plural form. Irregular plural nouns are often the same as the
    singular form or may have a different spelling or pronunciation, or
    even a completely different form.

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