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Prefixes and Suffixes
5th Grade
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What are prefixes?
A prefix is a group of letters we add at the beginning of a word.
• Prefixes change the meaning or purpose of the word, e.g.
• un + kind = unkind
How has the word meaning been altered?
The word has become its opposite meaning (antonym)
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The prefix ‘un’
• Jerry seemed unhappy that the cat was by his hole.
The word has become its opposite meaning (antonym)
How has the word meaning been altered?
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Let’s change the meaning to not or the opposite
fold
tie
do
real
unfold
untie
undo
unreal
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The prefix ‘dis’
•Sally disagreed with Tom over who threw the snowball.
How has the word meaning been altered with this prefix?
agree-----disagree
Again the word has become an antonym (opposite) of the root word.
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Let’s change the words to their opposites
connectapprove
respect
honest
disconnect
disapprovedisrespect
dishonest
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Prefix ‘im-’
The word means not or the opposite.
Debby was impolite with her mom sticking her toungue out.
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Let’s change the words to their opposites
mortal
impossible
mature
proper
possible
immortal
immatureimproper
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The prefix ‘re-’
Danny had to refill
the bucket.
The prefix re- means to do something again
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Let’s change these words so they mean to do something
again
reappearrebuild
reconsider
rejoin
appear
build
consider
join
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What are suffixes?
• Suffixes are a group of letters that Suffixes are a group of letters that are added at the end of the words.are added at the end of the words.
• Suffixes Suffixes change the meaningchange the meaning or or purpose purpose of the word.of the word.
• Example:Example:
Care + Care + fulful = care = carefulful
It meansIt means full of full of carecare..
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Suffixes: -ful / -ous / -or /-er• Success + -ful = successful (full of
success)
• Courage + -ous = courageous (full of or having courage)
• Sail + -or= sailor (the one who does the action = sails)
• Paint + -er = painter (who one who does the action= paints)
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Let’s practice
Color + -ful =
colorful (Full of color)
nerve + -ous =
director
(Full of nerves)
write + -er =
nervous
Person who directs
direct + -or =
writer Person who writes