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Title: Prefixes and Suffixes


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Prefixes and Suffixes
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PREFIXES
  • Prefixes are letter combinations that work
    together to make a specific sound. They are added
    to the beginning of a root word.
  • For example
  • re
  • un
  • Each of these letter groups mean something.
  • For example
  • re again or back
  • un not

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So when you add these PREFIXES to a word
  • It changes the meaning of the word!!!
  • Look at the root word
  • do
  • re do redo !
  • This means to do again
  • LETS DO SOME MORE!!!

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read
  • re read

reread
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play
  • re play

replay
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paint
re paint
repaint
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write
re write
rewrite
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build
re build
rebuild
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happy
un happy
unhappy
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lock
un lock
unlock
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true
un true
untrue
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fair
un fair
unfair
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tied
un tied
untied
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NOW LETS LOOK AT
  • SUFFIXES

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SUFFIXES
  • Suffixes are letter combinations that work
    together to
  • make a specific sound. They are added to the
    ending of a root word.
  • For example
  • less
  • s
  • ly
  • ed
  • ing
  • Each of these letter groups mean something.
  • For example
  • less without
  • s means more than one
  • ly like, having the characteristics of
  • ed past tense
  • ing action

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power
power less
powerless
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without power
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hope
hope less
hopeless
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without hope
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dog
dog s
dogs
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more than 1 dogs many dogs
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car
car s
cars
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more than 1 car many cars
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quiet
quiet ly
quietly
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slow
slow ly
slowly
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sudden
sudden ly
suddenly
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color
color ed
colored
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paint
paint ed
painted
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talk
talk ing
talking
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swim
swim ing
swimming
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look
look ing
looking
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QUIZ TIME!!
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Where is a prefix found?
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At the beginning of a word!
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Where is a suffix found?
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At the end of a word!
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Now you are prefix and suffix SMART!
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