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Prefixes and Suffixes
Do you know all of these prefixes, suffixes and root words?  What are they?  If you know these word parts, your vocabulary will GROW!
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PREFIXES

These are word parts that go at the beginning of words.  They change the meaning of the root word.  How??

 1 un, bio, pre, auto, bi 4 cent, centi, deci, kilo,  mega, micro, milli 7 mid, multi, mono, poly, semi 10 extra, hyper, hypo, maxi, mini Matching Quiz from QUIA
2 ex, fore, pre, post, retro 5 a, de, il, in, im, ir, un  8 anti, co, con, contra, dis, pro 11 circum, inter, trans, tele Matching Quiz 2 from Many Things
3 uni, bi, tri, quad, pent, hex, sept, oct, deca 6 out, over, sub, super, ultra, under 9 mal, mis, non, re prefix handout SkillsWise Quiz  from BBC
           
SUFFIXES

These are word parts that go at the ending of words.  They change the meaning of the root word.  Sometimes they change the spelling of the root word.  How??

 noun making adjective making verb making adverb making  
1 people: ant, ee, ent, er, or, ese, ess, ist 4 comparative: er, est 7 ate, en, ise, ize, ify 10 ly, Suffix Activity by Sadlier-Oxford
2 states:  age, ance, ence, hood, ity, ment, ness, tion 5 quality:  ful, fully, ic, ive, ous, y 8 ed 11 wards, ways, wide, wise SkillsWise Quiz  from BBC
3 ism, tain, ate 6 al, ical, ish, less, some, worth 9 ing suffix handout suffix definition quiz--a different 7 suffixes each time!
 
AFFIX STUDY "govern" quiz ROOT WORDS  Root words are also very valuable to study...especially if you plan to go into the medical field.  The following link will take you to a nicely made site for root word study. Root Words from A-Z from Southhampton College