Prefixes and suffixes Upper II

Prefixes and suffixes Upper II

By Maylen Aguilar

PREFIX

Something that you add at the beginning of a word  usually to change its meaning.

EXAMPLES:

MIS = WRONG

Misunderstand ​

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of the prefix OVER in the word

OVERCROWDED

• TOO MUCH

• MANY

• BIG

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of the following prefix

MEGA E.G MEGACITY

• TOO

• BIG

• TOO MUCH

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of the following prefix

UNDER E.G. UNDERDEVELOPED

• TOO

• NOT ENOUGH

• TOO MANY

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of the following prefix

MULTI E.G. MULTICULTURAL

• TOO MUCH

• NOT ENOUGH

• MANY

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of the following prefix

MONO E.G MONORAIL

• TWO

• ONE

• TOO

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of the following prefix

SUB E.G. SUBWAY

• UNDER

• FORWARD

• ONWARD

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of the following prefix

AUTO E.G. AUTOPILOT

• UNDER

• OWN

• BY ITSELF

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of the following prefix

POST E.G. POSTGRADUATE

• UNDER

• AFTER

• BEFORE

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of the following prefix

MIS = E.G. MISUNDERSTAND

• UNDER

• WRONG

• FORWARD

SUFFIXES

-NESS, -LESS,

Something you add at the end of the word to usally change its grammatical form.

Examples: happiness, careless​

WORD FORMATION

Suffixes

Suffixes used to form nouns from verbs: tion, sion, ment

Examples: pollute - pollution, develop -development ​

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​Nouns made from adjectifs: ness, - ence- ance:

Examples: convenient - covenience​, appear - appearance

Multiple Choice

What's the incorrect word?

Pollute

• pollution

• pollusion

Multiple Choice

What's the incorrect word?

cold

• coldness

• coldment

Multiple Choice

What's the incorrect word?

expect

• expectation

• expectative