Prefixes and Suffixes

What is a prefix?

• A type of dessert made with fruit and pastry.

• A punctuation mark at the end of a sentence.

• A suffix added after a word to modify its meaning.

• A group of letters added before a word to modify its meaning.

Give an example of a prefix added to a base word.

• un-

• in-

• re-

• dis-

What is a suffix?

• A prefix added to the beginning of a word

• A standalone word with no affixes

• A suffix is a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative.

• A punctuation mark used to separate words

Provide an example of a suffix added to a base word.

• happily

• angrily

• slowly

• quickly

When do we add -s to a word?

• Past tense of a verb

• Third person singular form of a verb in the present tense

• Plural form of a noun

• Adjective describing a singular noun

Give an example of a word where -s is added to show more than one.

• dogss

• bookss

• carss

• cats

When do we add -es to a word?

• When the word is a verb and ends in -es.

• When the word is a plural noun and ends in -s, -x, -z, -ch, -sh.

• When the word is a singular noun and ends in -y.

• When the word is a singular noun and ends in -s, -x, -z, -ch, -sh.

Provide an example of a word where -es is added to show more than one.

• boxes

• pens

• cats

• houses

What is a base word?

• A base word is a word that stands alone and cannot be broken down into smaller parts.

• A base word is a word that is always capitalized.

• A base word is a word that has multiple meanings.

• A base word is a word to which affixes (prefixes or suffixes) are added to create new words.

Give an example of a base word and its corresponding word with a suffix added.

• run - runned

• play - played

• jump - jumper

• play - playing