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What are they and why do we need to know them?
• Prefix - beginning
• Root – main word
• Suffix - ending
• What is a root word?– word you can add beginnings and ends to
• Why look at root word?– helps find meanings of words
• What is a prefix?– word that has its own meaning– add to change meaning of words
• Prefix– pre-– un-– dis-– re-– mis-– im-– bi-– de-
• Meaning– before– not– not– again– not– not– two– not
Disorder = ___________.Not in order Reread = __________.Read again
• What is a suffix?– group of letters attached to ends of words– can indicate what part of speech the word
belongs – also changes meaning
• Suffix– er– able– ous– ness– ful– ly or –y– ment
• Meaning– doer– able to– full of– state of being– full of– like– state of
Surfer = _________________.Someone who surfsKindness = _________________State of being kind