Affixes

By Mrs. Hoberney

Willowick Middle School

Ohio Academic Content Standard

Word structures and origins Greek and Latin Anglo-Saxon Roots

Affixes are the key to understanding larger words.Prefix

Is placed at the beginning of a word to create a deeper meaning.

Root

Is the part of the word that remains the same.

Suffix

Is placed at the end of a word to create a deeper meaning

Be friend

Joy -ful

What is a prefix?

A prefix comes before the root word. “Pre” means before

What is a suffix?

A suffixes comes after the root word

List as many prefixes as you can.

Be- Make Befriend

Co- Together Coexist

Mis- Badly, wrongly Misspell

Out- Beyond Outsmart

Un- Not, opposite of Unreasonable

Up- Rising, above Upriver

With- Back, away Withdraw

List as many suffixes as you can

-er Comparison, one who does something

Greater, doer

-ful Full of Joyful

-ish In the manner of, relating to

Bookish

Boyish

-ness Condition or state of being

Happiness, goodness

-ship Condition, profession, skill

friendship

Acronyms and Symbols

An acronym is an abbreviation, like

NFL = National Football League

NBA = National Basketball Association

It’s like txt messages, OMG!

Now you think of five acronyms.