Reading and speaking: Your signiture
Reading and vocabulary Personality
Personality Adjectives Des'ree "You gotta be"
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Prefixes & suffixes
Prefixes
Prefixs are added to the beginning of a word to make a new word, eg mis+take. Some common prefixes are 'mis', 'dis', 're', 'for', 'anti', 'ante', 'sub', 'un' and 'in'. New words are made by placing a prefix in front of a word. It is helpful to know the meanings of prefixes. Prefix 're' means again, therefore reappear means to appear again.
| Common prefix meanings |
| pre - before |
| mis - bad(ly) |
| sub - under |
| inter - between |
| semi - half |
The following prefixes of 'im', 'ir', 'il', 'in' and 'un' can be added to the beginning of words to make them into a negative.
| Examples |
| im + possible = impossible |
| ir + responsible = irresponsible |
| il + legal = illegal |
| in + active = inactive |
| un + happy = unhappy |
Suffixes
Letters added to the end of a main word are called suffixes. Common suffixes are: 'ed', 'ful', 'ly', 'ing', 'able', 'ance', 'ence', 'ness'.
| Example |
| harm + less = harmless |
When 'full' is added to a word you drop the final 'l'. If you add 'ly' to any word ending with 'ful' you keep the existing 'l'.
| Example |
| hand + full = handful |
| rest + full = restful |
| restful + ly = restfully |
Exercise one
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