FY BCOM SEM_I AEC_ Grammar Vocabulary Building: Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefixes and Suffixes:

            A prefix is a word fragment added in front of a root or a word.

Prefixes – Meaning and Examples

Prefix	Meaning	Examples
a-	not, without	amoral, apolitical
ant-, anti-	instead, against	antisocial, antacid
auto-	self	autograph, automatic
bi-	two, double	bifurcate, biannual
de-, dis-	not, opposite	deform, disagree
em-, en-	cause to	empower, enact
il-, im-	not	illiterate, impure
in-, ir-	not	insincere, irrelevant
inter-	between	international, intercept
mis-	wrong	misspell, misinterpret
non-	not	nonviolent, nonconformity
pre-	before, toward	precedent, preposition
re-	again	rewrite, regain
semi-	half, partly	semicircle, semifinal
sub-	under	substandard, subway
tri-	three	triangle, triceps
un-	not	unusual, unhappy

Excercise:A 

Exercise A – Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes

For each sentence below, study the highlighted word. Identify the root word along with any prefix and/or suffix attached to it.

1. Salman watched a preview of the movie.
   Prefix: __________
   Root: __________
   Suffix: __________
2. Don't be so childish!
   Prefix: __________
   Root: __________
   Suffix: __________
3. The magician made the pigeon disappear.
   Prefix: __________
   Root: __________
   Suffix: __________
4. Ayub supervised the correction of the answer scripts.
   Prefix: __________
   Root: __________
   Suffix: __________
5. Radhika asked the actress for her autograph.
   Prefix: __________
   Root: __________
   Suffix: __________
6. Vaishnavi is always methodical in her work.
   Prefix: __________
   Root: __________
   Suffix: __________
7. The biology lab has a microscope.
   Prefix: __________
   Root: __________
   Suffix: __________
8. Good temper goes hand in hand with happiness and contentment.
   Prefix: __________
   Root: __________
   Suffix: __________
9. The airport grounded flights due to low visibility.
   Prefix: __________
   Root: __________
   Suffix: __________
10. I stood on a balcony overlooking the park.
    Prefix: __________
    Root: __________
    Suffix: __________
11. Himesh's story was unbelievable.
    Prefix: __________
    Root: __________
    Suffix: __________
12. Chandan removed the item from the box.
    Prefix: __________
    Root: __________
    Suffix: __________
13. One should not dress informally in office.
    Prefix: __________
    Root: __________
    Suffix: __________
14. Tata Motors manufactures cars.
    Prefix: __________
    Root: __________
    Suffix: __________
15. He contradicts everything she says.
    Prefix: __________
    Root: __________
    Suffix: __________
16. Rithika has a postgraduate degree.
    Prefix: __________
    Root: __________
    Suffix: __________
17. I am reading a biography.
    Prefix: __________
    Root: __________
    Suffix: __________
18. Sylvia says she can predict the future.
    Prefix: __________
    Root: __________
    Suffix: __________

Answers: 

No.	Word	Prefix	Root	Suffix
1	preview	pre-	view	—
2	childish	—	child	-ish
3	disappear	dis-	appear	—
4	supervised	super-	vise	-ed
5	autograph	auto-	graph	—
6	methodical	—	method	-ical
7	microscope	micro-	scope	—
8	happiness	—	happy	-ness
8	contentment	con-	tent	-ment
9	grounded	—	ground	-ed
10	overlooking	over-	look	-ing
11	unbelievable	un-	believe	-able
12	removed	re-	move	-ed
13	informally	in-	form	-ally
14	manufactures	manu-	fact	-ures
15	contradicts	contra-	dict	-s
16	postgraduate	post-	graduate	—
17	biography	bio-	graph	-y
18	predict	pre-	dict	—

 

Exercise: B

1.      He wants to befriend me on Facebook.
(prefix + friend)

2.        She underestimated her strength.
(prefix + estimate)

3.      Our team won the hockey championship.
(champion + suffix)

4.       It is illegal to kill endangered animals.
(prefix + legal)

5.        She was given a handful of sweets.
(hand + suffix)

6.      You need a combination of hard work and determination to succeed.
(combine + suffix)