Adding a prefix can change the meaning of a word. Each prefix has a different meaning and can be found as a separate entry in the dictionary. For example bi- means two or twice, e.g. biannual (twice a year).
Match the prefixes with their meaning.:
Add prefixes to the root words to fit the meaning of the sentence.
Suffixes often give you useful information about a word´s part of speech. For example legal (adjective), legally (adverb), legalize (verb), legalization (noun). Together, we call a group like this a word family. Knowing a word family can help you paraphrase another writer´s ideas or express yourself better.
Sort out the suffixes below. Which part of speech do they form?
Make these verbs and adjectives into nouns.
Make these words into adjectives (there may be more options in some cases).
Make these words into verbs.
Complete each gap with the correct form of the words in brackets to fix the sentence..