Modulo prefixes and suffixes
- 2. Many of the words we use every day are formed by a prefix and a base word, or a by base word and a suffix. You must be asking yourself, what is a prefix? What is a suffix? What is a base word?
- 3. Observe the following word: reheat This word is formed by the prefix -re and the base word heat. When we put them together, they create a new word with a new meaning: to reheat means to heat something again.
- 4. The prefix -re means to do something again, to repeat an action. Can you think of other words that use the prefix -re? remake, reborn, retry¡
- 5. We can define a prefix as a particle of letters that are added at the beginning of a word, to form a new word with a new meaning. unhappy prefix base word
- 6. Suffix Now, what is a suffix? Observe the following word: happily This word is formed by the base word happy and the suffix -ly, when put together, they form a new word: happily.
- 7. The suffix -ly means a way to do things. Can you think of other words that use the suffix -ly? Slowly, quickly, fairly, attentively¡
- 8. We can define a suffix as a particle of letters that are added at the end of a base word to create a new word with a new meaning. colorful base word suffix
- 9. Finally, we can define a base word or root word as the part of the word that carries the original meaning and to which prefixes and suffixes are attached.