AFIXES

PREFIXES:IS AN ELEMENT WHICH WE PLACE AT THE FRONT OF A WORD TO ADD SOMETHING OR TO MODIFY THE MEANING.EXAMPLES: PLASM PROTOPLASM

HIGHWAY SUPERHIGHWAY INTERVENTION NONINTERVENTION

PREFIXE MEAN EXAMPLES

ANTI- AGAINST ANTISOCIAL, ANTI-WAR

BI- TWO BICYCLE, BIPLANE, BISEXUAL

CO- WITH COPILOT, COEVALUATION

DIS- DO THE OPPOSITE OF DISCONNECT, DISOWN

EX OUT OF, FORMER EXPORT, EXPRESIDENT

PREFIXE MEAN EXAMPLES

IN- IN, NOT INCOME, INCOMPLETE

MIS- WRONGLY MISUNDERSTAND, MISHEAR

NON- NOT NONSENSE, NON-SMOKING

OUT- OUT, MORE THAN OUTCOME, OUTNUMBER

OVER- TOO MUCH OVERDO, OVERWEIGHT

PRE- BEFORE PREFACE, PREDONE

SUB- UNDER, BELOW SUBDIVIDE, SUBWAY

SUPER- HIGHER, SUPERIOR SUPERMARKET, SUPERMAN

UN- NEGATIVE, OPPOSITE TO INTIE, UNCONCIOUS

UNDER- TOO LITTLE, NOT ENOUGH UNDERCOOKED, UNDERPAID

SUFFIXES:IS A WORD’S GRAMMATICAL ENDING. SUFFIXES TELL YOU THE TYPE OF WORD IT IS AND SOME GRAMMATICAL INFORMATION.EXAMPLES: DISH DISHES

FULL FULLERHIGH HIGHEST

SUFIXE

-S / -ES TO FORM THE PLURAL OF A WORD

-ED TO FORM THE PAST TENSE OF VERBS

-ING TO FORM THE PROGRESSIVE FORM OF VERBS

-‘S TO FORM THE POSSESIVE FORM OF NOUNS

-ER TO FORM THE COMPARATIVE OF ADJECTIVES

-EST TO FORM THE SUPERLATIVE OF ADJECTIVES

SUFFIXES EXAMP-LES

-ER, -OR WRITER, DRIVER, ACTOR

-EE EMPLOYEE, TRAINEE

-ESS ACTRESS, WAITRESS, PRINCESS

SOME OTHER IMPORTANT SUFFIXES ARE

NOUNS (PEOPLE)

NUONS (ABSTRACT)

SUFFIXES EXAMPLES

-ESS GOODNESS, HAPPINESS

-ITY QUALITY, ELECTRICITY

-AL ARRIVAL, APPROVAL

-TION INVITATION, INTENTION

-MENT IMPROVEMENT, INVOLVEMENT

-HOOD BROTHERHOOD, CHILDHOOD

SUFFIXES EXAMPLES

-IST BUDHIST, TYPIST, COMMUNIST

-(I) AN HUMAN, INDIAN, LIBRARIAN

-ESE CHINESE, JAPANESE

NOUNS OR ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

SUFFIXES EXAMPLES

-AL PERSONAL, NATURAL

-OUS HUMOROUS, FAMOUS

-IC HISTORIC, POETIC

-FUL BEAUTIFUL, HELPFUL, USEFUL

-LESS CHILDLESS, USELESS

VERBS

SUFFIXES EXAMPLES

-IZE, -ISE MODERNIZE, EMPHASIZE, SURPRISE

-IFY BEAUTY, TERRIFY, SIMPLIFY

-EN WIDEN, SOFTEN

ADVERBS

SUFFIXES EXAMPLES

-LY QUICKLY, HAPPILY, NATURALLY