1. What is a prefix? What is a suffix? What is a root word?
Prefixes & Suffixes
What is a prefix?
What is a suffix?
What is a root word?

2. THEY ARE….
A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify a word or change its meaning.
Pre, un, anti, contra, hetero, sub, syn, etc.
A suffix is placed at the end of a word.
ary, escent, fic, fy, icious, osis, oid, etc.
A root word is what is left when there are no prefixes or suffixes on a word.
Flex, hydro, hyper, ecto, extra, graph, gram, etc.

3. Prefix & Suffix Rap

4. Lets look at some prefixes…
Extra-
Beyond, more than
Extracurricular
Ex-
Out of, former
Ex-president
Contra-
Against
Contradict
Co-
With
Copilot
Auto-
Self
Autopilot En
Put into
Enclose

5. Lets look at some suffixes…
Able, ible
Capable of, worthy
Comfortable, Credible
Age
Act of State
Salvage, Bondage Ed
Past
Jumped, baked En
Made of, to make
Woolen, wooden, darken
Dom
State, condition of
Wisdom, kingdom
Er, or
Agent, one who
Author, baker, winner

6. Lets look at some words…
Disappointment
Unfriendly
Object

7. Dishonestly
Homeless
Unkind

8. Mistaken
Oblivious
Astronaut

9. Now YOU try it!
Come up with 5 words that we have not seen today… underline the ROOT words, box in the PREFIX, circle the SUFFIX. They do NOT have to have all three, but make sure you follow directions! 

10. After breaking up the words…
On the tables given to you, take one word from each group member’s paper. For each suffix/prefix/root word look up the meaning of it on the iPad dictionary. Write down the meaning of each on the table and one more example of it being used.
Example: un= not; unpredictable

11. undo Prefix= un Opposite of dishonestly Prefix= dis
TRY IT ON YOUR OWN
undo
Prefix= un
Opposite of
dishonestly
Prefix= dis
Choose five words from your group