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1 wordbuilding

2 Ways of word formation AFFIXAL NON-AFFIXAL conversion (to water)
prefixal (unpack) suffixal (truly) prefixal-suffixal (unbelievable) NON-AFFIXAL conversion (to water) abbreviation (UFO) composition (watermwlon)

3 PREFIXES after en mal out sub anti ex mega over super
auto fore micro post trans bi il mini pre tri co im mis pro un de in mono pseudo under dis ir multi re up down inter non semi

4 MOST COMMON NOUN SUFFIXES
tion ambition ness happiness ment enjoyment th width (i)ty popularity hold household ivity creativity ve-f belief hood brotherhood ism realism ure pleasure ship friendship ision decision y discovery ist typist ence/ance difference ian musician dom boredom

5 MOST COMMON ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES
full pitiful (t)y happy etic sympathetic ing interesting less careless like warlike ant tolerant ed interested ous dangerous ate considerate al magical istic nationalistic ish childish critical affectionate (a)ctory satisfactory able noticable ent/ant different ic artistic ible sensible ive attractive t important ised computerised ular spectacular

6 MOST COMMON VERB SUFFIXES
en widen ise/ize critisise ify simplify ADVERB verb + ly ate tolerate


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