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Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
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Cornell Notes: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
What is a prefix?
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Cornell Notes: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
What is a prefix? Word part added to the beginning of a word that changes the word’s meaning.
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Cornell Notes: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
What is a prefix? Word part added to the beginning of a word that changes the word’s meaning. What are examples of prefixes?
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Examples of prefixes Prefix Meaning Prefix Examples Half Semi- Hemi-
Semicircle Hemisphere Before Pre- Fore- Foreground Not Il- Non- Illiterate Incapable
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Meaning Mono- One Uni- Bi- Two Di- Tri- Three Dec- Ten Cent- One hundred Mill- One thousand Kilo- Poly- Many
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Meaning Ante- Before Post- After Re- Again Retro- Past Ad- Toward Circum- Around Hypo- Under Para- Beside Peri- Super- Over/above
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Meaning Co- Together Contra- Against De- Away Di- Apart Ex- Away from Extra- Additional Hyper- Extremely In- Into Not Pro- forward
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Meaning Sub- Under Syn- Together Trans- Across Ultra- Extremely
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Check for understanding
Based on the prefixes you have learned, what is the meaning of the word transcontinental? Nonessential Recycle
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Cornell Notes: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
What is a suffix?
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Cornell Notes: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
What is a suffix? Word part added to the end of a word that changes its meaning.
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Cornell Notes: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
What is a suffix? Word part added to the end of a word that changes its meaning. What are examples of suffixes?
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Examples of Suffixes Meaning Suffix example Person who -ant -ent -ar
Servant Student Beggar State of -ity -ism -ment nobility Egotism disappointment
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Add to your flashcards Suffix Meaning -er Person who -ard -ist -ster
-ee -age Process -ance Act of -ation State of -cy -ery
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Add to your flashcards Suffix Meaning -et little -ion Action, result
-ism State of -tude -ty -ure -able/-ible Able, likely -en Made of -ful Full of -ish like
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Add to your flashcards Suffix Meaning -like Like -ly -less Without
-ous Full of -some Body -ward In the direction of -y Showing
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Check for Understanding
Using what we know about prefixes and suffixes, what is the meaning of: Nonrenewable Hypersensitive Millisecond unsaturated
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Cornell Notes: Root Words
Prefixes, suffixes, and roots What are root words?
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Cornell Notes: Root Words
Prefixes, suffixes, and roots What are root words? Root words are word parts from which a word gets its basic meaning.
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Cornell Notes: Root Words
Prefixes, suffixes, and roots What are root words? Root words are word parts from which a word gets its basic meaning. They can be combined with prefixes, suffixes, or both to create words.
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Cornell Notes: Root Words
Prefixes, suffixes, and roots What are root words? Root words are word parts from which a word gets its basic meaning. What are examples of root words?
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Root Word Examples Hear Aud Auditory Time Chron chronological Meaning
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FLASHCARDS (again) Root Meaning Bene Good, well Bio Life Cred Believe
Cyto Cell Dic Speak/say Eco Environment Fac Make/do Fort Strong gen/genit kind, birth Greg Gather, flock
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FLASHCARDS (again) Root Meaning Here, hes Stick Ject Throw Loc Place
Man, manu Hand Neuro Of a nerve Photo Light Pod, ped Foot Scrib, script Write Spec Look, appear
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FLASHCARDS (again) Root Meaning Thermo Heat Vers Turn Vid, vis
See, look, sight
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