1. Affix Notes Created by: Ms. Brezek

2. Affix A word part that is attached to a base word or a root word that changes the meaning of the word.

3. Prefixes - A prefix is a word part that is attached to the beginning of a word. review 2 kinds of affixes prefix Suffix - A suffix is a word part that is attached to the end of a word. reviewing suffix

4. Root Words vs. Base Words A root word is a word part that is left when the affixes are removed. Root words cannot stand alone. Example: except Prefix - ex root - cept (cept is not a word by itself, it cannot stand alone.) A base word is a word that can stand alone when the affixes are removed. Example: inside Prefix - in Base - side (side is a word, it can stand alone.)

5. Top 5 Prefixes prefix meaningexample un-not, opposite ofunable re-againreread in-, im-, ir-, ill-notInactive, immature, irregular, illegal dis-not, opposite ofDishonest en-, em-cause toenable, empower

6. Top 5 Suffixes suffix meaningexample -s, -esplurals (more than one) cats, dishes -edpast-tense verbslanded, smelled, wished -ingverb form - happening right now Laughing -lycharacteristic ofgladly -er, -orperson whopainter, director, teacher

7. Top 5 Suffixes suffix meaningexample -s, -esplurals (more than one) cats, dishes -edpast-tense verbslanded, smelled, wished -ingverb form - happening right now Laughing -lycharacteristic ofgladly -er, -orperson whopainter, director, teacher

8. How the meaning changes… If you can understand what the word read means, you can figure out what reread means. Re- means to do again, so reread means to read again. If you can understand what jump means, you can figure out what jumped means. -ed means it happened in the past, so someone must have jumped in the past.

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