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2. Created by Jill M. Leone Reading Specialist Copyright © 2006
Improving Vocabulary
Prefixes and Suffixes
Created by Jill M. Leone Reading Specialist Copyright © 2006
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3. Students will – recognize how to break words into smaller parts.
Today's Objective
Students will –
recognize how to break words into smaller parts.
identify various prefixes and suffixes in selected
words.
apply spelling rules for prefixes and suffixes.
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4. Here's a question for you.
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5. Have you ever heard the old proverb?
“Give a man a fish, and you can feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you can feed him for a lifetime.”
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6. The same is true with learning words.
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7. Words
The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
Mark Twain
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8. Today’s lesson will discuss:
prefixes and suffixes.
Being able to recognize them and use them effectively will help you for the
rest of your life.
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9. Let's take a look.
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10. Redo that makeup!
Untie that knot!
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11. You can preview scenes in that new movie.
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
You can preview scenes in that new movie.
It’s impossible to feel good with the flu.
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12. Don’t misbehave in class.
Proceed with that shot.
Don’t misbehave in class.
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13. Cooperate with your coworkers. She’s becoming a superstar.
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14. What do the captions on the previous slides have in common?
They each contain at least one prefix.
A prefix is -
a word part that is placed at the beginning of a word to change its meaning
and cannot stand alone.
English is a living language, and it is growing all the time. One way that new words come into our language is when words are borrowed from other languages.
New words are also created when words or word elements, such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes, are combined in new ways.
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15. This doesn’t mean spending long hours memorizing lists of
Building Vocabulary
This doesn’t mean
spending long hours
memorizing lists of
words and meanings.
It means becoming
It means looking carefully at new words that you don’t know and using word parts that you do know.
word conscious.
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16. Being word conscious will help improve your vocabulary.
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17. Understanding Word Parts
Like root words, many prefixes in
English come from Latin or Greek.
In fact, more than half of the words
we use each day come to us from
Latin or Greek.
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18. Understanding Word Parts
Words can be broken into smaller parts.
These word parts include:
Roots
Prefixes
Suffixes
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19. Understanding Word Parts
When you see a word made up of multiple word parts:
Look at each part of the word.
Combine the individual meanings to determine the meaning of the entire word.
Always do this!
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20. Or you can learn how to figure out meanings of unfamiliar words -
Be a winner!
You could try to memorize the meaning of each new word and have one new word in your vocabulary.
Or you can learn how to figure out meanings of unfamiliar words -
and for the rest of your life be able to understand most words you see and hear.
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21. Improving your vocabulary also improves and increases your choices in life.
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22. Prefixes are at the beginning of a word.
Understanding Word Parts
Prefixes are at the beginning of a word.
A suffix is a word part that’s placed at the end of a word to change its meaning or part of speech.
They cannot stand alone.
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23. Prefixes – tend to affect the meaning of a word.
Understanding Word Parts
Prefixes – tend to affect the meaning of a word.
Suffixes – usually determine the part of speech.
However, suffixes can also change the meaning.
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24. the meaning of the prefix and the meaning of the base word or root.
Prefixes
When a prefix is added to a base word or a root, the new word is a combination of –
the meaning of the prefix
and the meaning of the base word or root.
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25. pro- = before, forward, in favor of super- = over and above
Here are examples of the prefixes
used earlier and their meanings:
pre- = before un- = not
re- = back, again
im- = not, into
co- = with, together
mis- = bad,wrong
pro- = before, forward, in favor of
super- = over and above
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26. Number prefixes you see every day:
uni, mono = one
bi = two
tri = three
quad = four
pent = five
hex, sex = six
hept, sept = seven
oct = eight
non = nine
dec = ten
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27. Prefixes
Whenever you see a word that begins with the prefix tri, you know it means three of something.
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28. A Sextet would always contain 6 musicians.
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29. You always know what to do when you see this 8-sided figure!
Stop
You always know what to do when you see this 8-sided figure!
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30. Think about the difference a prefix can make in meaning.
Your English teacher just told you to rewrite a 500-word essay comparing two characters from a novel.
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31. That little word part re- makes a big
difference in your after-school plans.
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32. It’s impossible for you to go on the field trip with bad grades.
Guess who's not a happy camper?
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33. Many states have anti-pollution laws.
We know the prefix anti- means opposed to or against, so it’s easy to figure out what this word means.
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34. What’s the opposite of social?
antisocial
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35. Practice Question
Select the best meaning of the word antidisestablishmentarianism:
respect for authority
opposition to established order
collaboration with others
admission to a club or organization
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36. Practice Question
Select the best meaning of the word antidisestablishmentarianism:
respect for authority
opposition to established order
collaboration with others
admission to a club or organization
How did you do?
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37. Remember - a suffix is a word part added to the end of a word.
Suffixes
Remember - a suffix is a word part added to the end of a word.
Notice how these suffixes determine the meaning of the word hope.
hope hopeful hopeless hopelessness
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38. What a difference a word part makes!
You just learned that your chances of going out this weekend went from hopeless to hopeful.
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39. More suffixes and their meanings
-able = fit for or capable of
-er = one who does something
-en = made of, to become
-hood = state, quality, or condition of
-ion, -ition, -ation = result, act, state, or process of
-ist = one who (does a certain thing)
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40. Common Suffixes -ly = like in appearance or manner
-ment = result, action, or condition
-or = one who or that which
-ous = full of or having
-ship = state, condition, or quality of
-some = characterized by or group of
-th or -eth = used to form ordinal numbers
-ward = toward or in a certain direction
-ize, ise = to make (verb)
Common Suffixes
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41. Practice Question Harmony is the sounding of two or more
musical notes at the same time in a way
that is pleasant or desired.
To make music would be to –
harmonist
harmonize
harmonious
harmonies
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42. Practice Question Harmony is the sounding of two or more
musical notes at the same time in a way
that is pleasant or desired.
To make music would be to –
harmonist
harmonize
harmonious
harmonies
How did you do?
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43. You don’t have to
be Dick Tracy to
know that-
Once you know the meanings of word parts, it’s easy to learn new words.
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44. Your job is to put the word parts together.
Dict -
Diction
Dictionary
Dictate
Root Words
Word Parts
Prefixes
Suffixes
Star Pupil
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45. Putting Word Parts Together
Most words in English are built from at least one root: narrate serve mariner lunar
Sometimes the spelling of a root word changes when combined with a prefix or suffix: brief move exclaim brevity mobile exclamation
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46. Words with two or more roots: barometer photograph
Words with two prefixes: unenlighten intercontinental unextraordinary deconstruct
Words with two suffixes: anonymously mindlessly brightened embarrassingly
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47. Spelling Tips for Use with Suffixes
When a suffix is added to a word, the spelling of the original word usually stays the same.
Examples:
nine + ty = ninety
hope + ful + hopeful
awe + some = awesome
care + less = careless
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48. Spelling Tips for Use with Suffixes
When a word ends in silent –e:
Usually drop the -e if you are adding a suffix that begins with a vowel.
But keep the -e when you are adding a suffix that begins with a consonant.
Examples:
love + able = lovable
love + less = loveless
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49. When a word ends in a -y preceded by a vowel, just add the suffix.
Example: gray + est = grayest
When a word ends in a consonant, double the final consonant before a suffix that begins with a vowel only if the word:
has only one syllable or is accented on the last syllable and
ends in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel.
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50. Use this information as a key to help you unlock the meanings of new
words as you read.
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51. Improving Vocabulary: Word Parts Prefixes Suffixes Root Words
Key Terms We Discussed
Improving Vocabulary:
Word Parts
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
Spelling Tips
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