Suffixes

Prefixes & Suffixes

Today I'm going to teach what prefixes and suffixes are and why they are important to us as readers.

What is a prefix and a suffix?

• A prefix is syllable that is added to the beginning of a root/base word.

• A suffix is syllable that is added to the ending of a root/base word.

• When a prefix or suffix is added to a base word it changes the meaning.

How do suffixes work?

• For example, -or, -ar, -er, -ist means someone who

• When added to the end of a verb/action word it means someone who does that actions.

• For example: teach +er = teacher (someone who teaches), sail +or = sailor (someone who sails)

Poll

My husband is a construction _____________. He works with lots of machines, tools and cement.

• player

• cooker

• worker

• actor

Multiple Select

Each state has someone who is elected to govern the state. This person is call the ________

• mayor

• president

• governor

• alderman

Multiple Select

Ms. Carruthers is a great ______________. She can draw many different types of things.

• drawer

• artist

• teacher

• player

How do prefixes work?

• For example, non, dis, un: means not or the opposite of

• When placed at the beginning of an adjective or descriptive word mean the opposite of.

• For example: non+fiction = nonfiction (means real/not pretend), dis+belief=disbelief (means not to believe something)

Multiple Select

Sue was so ___________. She threw away the new shirt her mom bought for her.

• ungrateful

• disgrateful

• nongrateful

Multiple Select

Joe really wanted to go to the concert, so he ______ his punishment and sneaked out of his house and went anyway.

• disobeyed

• nonobeyed

• unobeyed

Multiple Select

Martin Luther King Jr. was a very __________ person. He did not want anyone to get hurt.

• disviolent

• nonviolent

• unviolent

• violent

Open Ended

Write a sentence using each of the following words in a sentence.

#1: disagree

#2: author