GRADE 5 : GRAMMAR : WEEK 2

NEW APPROACH

TERM/WEEK: THIRD TERM/WEEK 2

DATE: 12^th July, 2020

CLASS: Grade 5

SUBJECT: Grammar

TOPIC: Prefixes and Suffixes

Reference: Mastering English

Brief explanation

Notes for the Students

A prefix is a group of letters that are added to the beginning of a word. Most common prefixes are dis-, in-, un-, which make words negative.

e.g. kind  unkind

like   dislike

A suffix is a group of letters that are added to the end of a word. Some common suffixes are –ed, -ing, and –ly. The suffix –ed changes verbs to the past tense.

e.g call    called

die    died

when you add a prefix to a word, you should not change the spelling of the original words or the prefix.

	prefix	meaning	examples
1	a	on	afloat, abroad
2	ante	before	antenatal
3	bi	two	bicycle
4	de	down	descend
5	dis	not	disagree, disappear
6	ex	out of	export, exhale
7	fore	before	forenoon, forearm
9	lg	not	ignoble
10	in	not	injustice
11	im	into	import, immigrant
12	il	not	illegible, illegal
13	inter	between	international
14	mis	wrong	mislead, misfire
15	pre	before	presume
16	re	repeat	rewrite, resume
17	un	not	unpaid, unknown

 

A suffix is added after a word to change its meaning.

	suffix	meaning	examples
1	able	able to	eatable, portable
2	an	connected with	Nigerian, Italian
3.	ante	one who	servant, attendant
4	dom	connected with	kingdom, wisdom
5	er	one who	teacher, driver
6	ess	female	princess, goddess
7	fy	to make	electricity, purity
8	less	without	careless, thoughtless
9	ment	being	government, agreement
10	ous	noted for	famous, notorious

 

Prefixes and suffixes are also called affixes.

Exercises/Assignment

Un, dis, er, ness, ig, fy, less, il, er, im

Add a suitable prefix or suffix selected from the list above to change the meaning of each of the following words:

1. Kind
2. Hair
3. Power
4. Noble
5. True
6. Like
7. Pure
8. Trade
9. Literate
10. Port