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For the past two weeks The Brown Word Study Group has been studying suffixes, this week we are turning our attention to prefixes. "A prefix is a group of letters attached to the beginning of a root or word (or even group of words) serving to modify and/or extend meaning. Prefixes generally have an easily understood meaning in and of themselves, which they apply to the root word to which they are affixed." The goal is for students to identify prefixes understand what they mean, explain how the addition of a prefix changes the meaning of a word and learn to spell them correctly. The prefixes that we are working on this week are -in,-un, -dis, -mis. Below you will find their meanings: un-"not" or "the opposite of" in- not mis- bad or badly dis- not or the opposite of
base-t -ion, -ian base-ic
Derivational Suffixes When derivational suffixes are added to base words several things happen. First the grammatical function of the word usually changes. The verb deliver becomes the noun delivery, the adjective straight becomes the verb straighten. Sometimes there is a spelling change as when the final e in pure is dropped in purify and the y in colony changes to an i in colonize. Base-ct -ion -sion base ss
Sort 51 Comparatives (-er, -est, -ier
Sort 55 - i before e Except After c
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