PREFIXES and SUFFIXES

1. 0 PREFIXES and SUFFIXES And Understanding our ROOTS

2. 0 Root • The element that carries the main component of meaning in a word and provides the basis from which a word is derived by adding affixes* or inflectional endings or by phonetic change; the form of a word after all affixes are removed *To place at the end or beginning Pretending

3. 0 Prefix • To put or attach before or in front of. • (pr -f ks ) To settle or arrange in advance. • Grammar. • To add as a prefix. • To add a prefix to. Preclude* *root word meaning to close

4. 0 Suffix • An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in gentleness, -ing in walking, or -s in sits. thankful

5. 0 Procession • ion – the act of • cess – to go • pro – for • pro (for) cess (going) ion (the act of) Meaning? The act of moving along or forward; progression

6. 0 • Many of the words in the English language have three parts: a prefix, a root, and a suffix. • If you learn some prefixes, some roots, and a few suffixes, you can multiply your vocabulary rather than merely add to it word by word.

7. 0 • You might benefit more from memorizing a hundred roots and how to use them than from memorizing five thousand individual words. • Of the more than six hundred thousand words in our language, almost half come from about eight hundred roots.

8. 0 • The two ancient languages that provide the roots for many of our words are Latin and Greek. Ten Latin verbs provide roots for more than two thousand of our words.

9. 0 ROOTS FOR ENGLISH WORDS LATIN VERB MEANING • cap-(cip-) capt-(cept-) capio take, seize • duct- duc- duco lead • fac-(fic-)fact-(fect-) facio do, make • fer- lat- fero carry, bear • mit- mitt- miss- mitto send • -plica- plicat-(plect-)(plex-) plico fold • pon- posit- pono place, put • tend- tent- tendo stretch • tene- tent- teneo have, hold • spec-(spic-)speci- spect- specio observe, see

10. 0 • As a beginning to your study of roots, find two (or more) English words that come from each of the ten Latin verbs. • Examples: • Deduction • Submit • tenement • Type your answers in Microsoft Word

11. 0 Adding to your Picture Dictionary Activity • The following activity is to be completed and added to your picture dictionary. • An example is provided to guide your creation of slides. • YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CREATE FIVE SLIDES using what you have learned about Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots. • Choose words from your previous list, which include all three or convert word(s) to include all three. (admit – admitting)

12. 0 Practice PowerPointInstructions • In the center of your slide, type the root of the word in capital letters in brown in the middle of the slide. Add the meaning of the root. • Type the prefix in blue to the left of the root. Add the meaning of the prefix. • Type the suffix in red to the right of the root. Add the meaning of the suffix. • Below this, write three words with the same root. • Type the true definition and part of speech below that. • Finally, ADD an illustration which demonstrates your understanding of the word.

13. 0 Inconceivable Suffix -able – able to be Root - Ceiv - take • Prefixes • In – not • Con - with • Receive • Conceive • Conceivability Inconceivable adj.– impossible to comprehend or grasp fully www.keyway.ca/ htm2002/otfacts.htm

14. 0 Homework • Using your SAT NOVEL as a tool, complete the worksheet provided by the instructor. • Terms to Know(Copy these down) • Synonyms – words with same meaning • Antonyms – words with opposite meaning • Etymology - n 1: a history of a word 2: the study of the sources and development of words NOTE: Type or write your own paper if necessary – so I can read it.