бичлэгPrefixes and Suffixes
-Prefixes and suffixes are small parts of words that are added to a word to change the meaning.
*Prefixes are added to the beginning of a word.
*Suffixes are added to the end of a word.
*Prefixes and suffixes can be added to nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
Example:
Prefix | "happy" becomes "unhappy" when you add the prefix "un" |
Suffix | “paint” becomes "painter" when you add the suffix "-er" |
VERBS!
The most common prefixes used to form new verbs in academic English are:
re-, dis-, over-, un-, mis-, out-
The most common suffixes are:
-ise, -en, -ate, -(i)fy
NOUNS!
The most common prefixes used to form new nouns in academic English are:
co- and sub-
The most common suffixes are:
-tion, -ity, -er, -ness, -ism, -ment, -ant, -ship, -age, -ery
ADJECTIVES!
Adjectives can be formed from other adjectives, especially by the negative prefixes:
un-, in- and non-
The most common suffixes are:
-al, -ent, -ive, -ous, -ful, -less
Common prefixes:
*(there are many more prefixes in English but these are some of the most common)
PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLE
a – an | not, without | amoral |
anti | against | antifreeze |
auto | self | autobiography |
co | joint | co-author |
contra | against | contradict |
de | opposite | defrost |
dis (one of the most frequent!) | not; opposite of | disagree |
