Prefixes & Suffixes

What is a prefix?

What is a suffix?

What is a root word?

THEY ARE….• A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word

to modify a word or change its meaning.• Pre, un, anti, contra, hetero, sub, syn,

etc.• A suffix is placed at the end of a word.

• ary, escent, fic, fy, icious, osis, oid, etc.• A root word is what is left when there are no

prefixes or suffixes on a word.• Flex, hydro, hyper, ecto, extra, graph,

gram, etc.

Prefix & Suffix Rap

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOJrjNR7ZZM

Lets look at some prefixes…Extra- Beyond,

more thanExtracurricular

Ex- Out of, former

Ex-president

Contra- Against Contradict

Co- With Copilot

Auto- Self Autopilot

En Put into Enclose

Lets look at some suffixes…Able, ible Capable of,

worthyComfortable, Credible

Age Act of State Salvage, Bondage

Ed Past Jumped, baked

En Made of, to make

Woolen, wooden, darken

Dom State, condition of

Wisdom, kingdom

Er, or Agent, one who Author, baker, winner

Lets look at some words…

•Disappointment •Unfriendly

•Object

•Dishonestly •Homeless

•Unkind

•Mistaken•Oblivious •Astronaut

Now YOU try it!

• Come up with 5 words that we have not seen today… underline the ROOT words, box in the PREFIX, circle the SUFFIX. They do NOT have to have all three, but make sure you follow directions!

After breaking up the words…

• On the tables given to you, take one word from each group member’s paper. For each suffix/prefix/root word look up the meaning of it on the iPad dictionary. Write down the meaning of each on the table and one more example of it being used.

• Example: un= not; unpredictable

undo Prefix= un Opposite ofdishonestly Prefix= dis

TRY IT ON YOUR OWN

Choose five words from your group