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Changing Science words

Changing Science words. Using Prefixes and Suffixes. How words change. Root - a word base, or the element that gives the word its core meaning Eg : Scope means ‘to see’. P refix - a word part added to the beginning of a root or word Eg : Micro means ‘very small’

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Changing Science words

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  1. Changing Science words Using Prefixes and Suffixes

  2. How words change • Root - a word base, or the element that gives the word its core meaning • Eg:Scope means ‘to see’. • Prefix- a word part added to the beginning of a root or word • Eg:Micro means ‘very small’ • Microscope means ‘an optical instrument for viewing very small objects’. • Suffix- a word part added to the end of a root or word • Eg:–icmeans ‘relating to’ • Microscopic means ‘relating to a microscope or ‘so small as to be visible only with a microscope’.

  3. Examples of Prefixes

  4. Examples of Suffixes

  5. See how many nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs you can make using the various prefixes and suffixes! Not all columns will be filled.

  6. Did you come up with any different words?

  7. The underlined prefixes are some more examples.

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