1 Look at the words in italics from the text on p85. Taylor does think selfishness was a problem. He went at things non-stop. Which of the words uses a prefix? Which uses a…
1 Look at the words in italics from the text on p85. Taylor does think selfishness was a problem. He went at things non-stop. Which of the words uses a prefix? Which uses a suffix? 2 Read about prefixes and answer the questions. Prefixes are used to change the meanings of words. Look at these words with prefixes. prediction rechargeable multilingual disagree Which means..? many before again Which is a negative prefix? 3 Work with a partner. Choose a negative prefix from the box to make words 1-10 mean the opposite. un- in- im- il- dis- ir- mis- 1 possible 2 patient 3 lucky 4 spell 5 legal impossible 6 appear 7 regular 8 perfect 9 formal 10 conscious 5 Read about suffixes and answer the questions. Suffixes are used to form different parts of speech. What endings do you notice on these words? What part of speech are they? act action active actively activate What part of speech are the words in the box? What are the different suffixes? prediction suitable creative imagination colourful shorten kindness educate excitement confidently automatically careless
In the phrases you provided, "non-stop" uses a prefix ("non-") and "selfishness" uses a suffix ("-ness").
Here are the meanings of the words with prefixes:
- prediction: "pre-" means before
- rechargeable: "re-" means again
- multilingual: "multi-" means many
- disagree: "dis-" is a negative prefix.
The negative prefix here is "dis-".
Here are the words using the negative prefixes from the box:
impossible (im-)
impatient (im-)
unlucky (un-)
misspell (mis-)
illegal (il-)
disappear (dis-)
irregular (ir-)
imperfect (im-)
informal (in-)
unconscious (un-)
The endings noticed on the words are:
- act (verb), action (noun), active (adjective), actively (adverb), activate (verb).
The suffixes are:
- "-ion" (action), "-ive" (active), "-ly" (actively), and the verb form also has the "-ate" suffix (activate).
The parts of speech for the words in the box:
- prediction (noun)
- suitable (adjective)
- creative (adjective)
- imagination (noun)
- colourful (adjective)
- shorten (verb)
- kindness (noun)
- educate (verb)
- excitement (noun)
- confidently (adverb)
- automatically (adverb)
- careless (adjective)
Different suffixes include:
- "-tion" for nouns (prediction, imagination),
- "-able" or "-ful" for adjectives (suitable, colourful, careless),
- "-ive" for adjectives (creative),
- "-en" or "-ate" for verbs (shorten, educate),
- "-ment" often indicates a noun form (excitement),
- "-ly" indicates adverbs (confidently, automatically).
