Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
TEST: Friday, March 7
What is a prefix?
• Added on to the beginning of the word.
• A lot of times it changes it to the opposite
word meaning.
Prefix
Anti –
* Against
Bi -
* Two
De -
* Down, Away
Ex -
* Out of, From
Fore -
* In front of, prior to
Il -
* Not
* Antisocial, Antiwar,
* Bicycle, Biceps, Bifocals
* Descend, Detract
* Exhale, Exhibit, Exfoliate
* Foreward, Foreshadow
* Illegal, Illegible
Tri -
* Three
* Tripod, Tricycle, Triangle
Uni -
* One
*Unicycle, Universe
What is a root?
• The main part of the word
• Can tell you what language the word is based
from.
Root
Aud-
* Sound
* Audible, Auditorium
Auto
* Self
* Automobile, Automatic
Micro
* Small
* Microwave, Microscope
Phon
* Sound, Voice
Port
* Carry
Bio
* Life
* Phonics, Telephone
* Portable, Transport
* Biography, Biology
What is a suffix?
• Added on to the end of a word.
• Often times changes the tense of a word.
Suffix
-hood/-ship
* State, quality of
* Childhood, Friendship
-logy
* Study field of
-ary
* Connected with
* Dictionary, Honorary
-ly
* Like, Resembling
* Motherly
-ment
* Action or process
-or/-er
* One who takes part in
* Biology, Geology
* Development
*Doctor, Teacher