MONDAY – WEEK 5

Grammar Lesson

WE ARE LEARNING TO: ❖ use knowledge of vocabulary to respond to and compose

clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies.

❖ understand that choices in vocabulary contribute to the effectiveness of texts.

❖ understand that language is structured to create meaning according to audience, purpose and context.

Prefix

Prefixes – are a group of letters added to the front of a word to make a new word.

Often the prefix makes a word take the opposite meaning.

◦ im + possible = impossible

◦ un + acceptable = unacceptable

Suffix

Suffixes – are a group of letters added to the end of a word to make a new word.

Adding a suffix to a word can also change it to a different part of speech.

◦ loyal + ty = loyalty

*the adjective changes it to a noun

◦ entertain + ment = entertainment

*the verb changes to a noun

TIPS TO HELP WITH YOUR LEARNING:

The silent e is usually

dropped before adding

a suffix.

take+ ing = taking

decorate + ive = decorative

before

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Prefix Meaning Example

in, im, il not or without incomplete, improper,

illegal

over excessively or

completely

overjoyed,

overconfident, overact

pre before prepare, preschool,

predict

post after postpone, postdate,

postnatal

re again redo, repaint, rewind

HERE ARE SOME COMMON SUFFIXES, THEIR MEANINGS AND EXAMPLES.

Let’s take a closer look at prefixes!

The prefix under means lower or less than. Match the

following words with their meanings.

a lower age underground

a lower bid underage

lower than ground level underdeveloped

developed less underbid

HOW DID YOU GO?

a lower age = underage

a lower bid = underbid

lower than ground level = underground

developed less = underdeveloped

Let’s take a closer look at suffixes!

Look at the following suffixes and their meanings:

less means without ible/able means capable of ise means to make

capable of being achieved harmonise

without help harmless

to give harmony to agreeable

without harm formalise

capable of agreeing achievable

to make formal helpless

HOW DID YOU GO?

capable of being achieved = achievable

without help = helpless

to give harmony to = harmonise

without harm = harmless

capable of agreeing = agreeable

to make formal = formalise

Now it’s your turn! This activity can be completed online, rewritten into a

workbook or printed out and completed on the page. There are three activities altogether, two on this slide and one more on the next.

Use the prefixes in the box to make new

words. Some of the prefixes need to be

used more than once.

Use the suffixes in the box to make new

words. The suffixes need to be used more

than once.

mature sufficient

appoint please

possible logical

mortal literate

understood appear

fool use

force forget

sharp hope

speech calm

brave

Read the following text to find the answers to the clues to complete the suffixes about a person who:

On Friday, some men and women came to work on our house, and they made a huge mess. My dad, who is an actor, was furious.

There was a painter, a carpenter, a roofer and an advisor. It all started when the painter was painting a wall

while listening to his favourite singer on his phone. He started dancing and tripped over his tray of paint

spilling it all over our carpet. The roofer, who was walking through the house with a large ladder, slipped on

the paint and put his ladder through the wall. The carpenter, who was in the next room, got pushed in the

back by the ladder and fell onto our brand-new table, chipping his tooth. The adviser rushed to help the

carpenter; then she called a dentist and a doctor.

Now Dad needs a cleaner, a plasterer and a headache tablet.

paints

acts

sings

advises

cleans

plasters

dances

roofs