PrefixA group of letters that come before the word to change its meaning

re- pre- mis- in- dis- un- non

Suffixes -ful -less -ble -ly -ness -ment

Activity 1 - In the sentences below complete each word with a prefix chosen from the following list. You may use your dictionary.

Re – post – over – pre – super

1. We hope the bus won’t be ____crowded.2. Do you think the Mayor will be ____elected for a second time?3. After he got a Ph.D. in Chemistry, he did ____doctoral work at Oxford University.4. He took ____cautions against burglary by installing an alarm.5. The tourist guide promised the tourists that they would get a ____fund if they did not like the trip.6. He added a ____script at the end of the letter.7. The ____sonic plane flies from New York to Paris in two hours and forty minutes.

Activity 2 - Link the verbs with their correct suffix to form NOUNS and write them down. Follow the example and be careful with the spelling.

a) IMAGINE 1. -ance g ASSISTANCEb) WEAK 2. -ity

c) TEACH 3. -ation

d) INFECT 4. -sion

e) DECIDE 5. -ence

f) ARGUE 6. -er

g) ASSIST 7. -al

h) SECURE 8. -ance

i) REFUSE 9. -ment

j) OCCUR 10. - ion

k) RESIST 11. -ness

Again Before Not/Wrongly Not

Full of Lack of/don’t have Able/can do State of act of, result in a certain way