1. Functional Skills English
Week 17
Affixes

2. To learn some prefixes and suffixes.
objectives
To learn some prefixes and suffixes.
To make existing words using a combination of affixes with roots.

3. What do these words have in common?
Co-pilot
Co-worker
Co-operation
Co-ordination
Co-exist
What does co mean?

4. What do these words have in common?
Defrost
Demotivate
Derail
Destruct
Describe
What does de mean?

5. What do these words have in common?
Disagree
Disappear
Disintegrate
Disapprove
Disorder
What does dis mean?

6. What do these words have in common?
Embrace
Encode
Embed
Enclose
Encourage
What does em/en mean?

7. What do these words have in common?
Antenatal
Anteroom
Any others?
What does ante mean?

8. What do these words have in common?
Antibiotics
Antidote
Any others?
What does anti mean?

9. What do these words have in common?
Exterminate
Ex-boyfriend
Any others?
What does ex mean?

10. What do these words have in common?
Democracy
Accuracy
Privacy
Legacy
What does acy mean?

11. What do these words have in common?
Judaism
Racism
Socialism
Realism
Metabolism
What does ism mean?

12. What do these words have in common?
Geologist
Pharmacist
Artist
Specialist
Tourist
What does ist mean?

13. What do these words have in common?
Freedom
Stardom
Boredom
Any others?
What does dom mean?

14. What do these words have in common?
Clueless
Harmless
Homeless
Any others?
What does less mean?

15. Prefixes Suffixes Roots (larger cards) In small groups
Write ONE prefix per card, with its meaning at the back
Take your cards. There are three types:
Prefixes
Suffixes
Roots (larger cards)
Write ONE suffix per card, with its meaning at the back
Write ONE root per card, with its meaning at the back
Match your cards to make up words

16. Swap with another group.
Can they make up the same words as you?