Lesson 9 - suffixes and prefixes

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Prefixes and suffixes

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Today

you will learn what prefixes & suffixes are

You will learn some examples

You will practice making words with prefixes and suffixes

Prefix

voorvoegsel in een woord

Prefixes

Meaning

before

again

not

not, opposite of

not, opposite of

not

wrong, bad

Prefix

Pre-

Re-

Un-

Dis-

Im-

Non-

Mis-

Example

premade

rewrite

unkind

dishonest

impolite

nonsense

misbehave

Suffix

Achtervoegsel in een woord

Suffixes

Meaning

full of

without something

have qualities of

a person

makes a noun

belief,doctrine

adverb

Suffix

-ful

-less

-(i)ous

-er/-or

-(a/i)tion

-ism 

-ly

Example

beautiful

fearless

dangerous

teacher

creation

capitalism

quickly

Suffixes are also used for grammar

-ed

-s

-ing

Friend

friends

friendly

befriend

unfriend

unfriendly

friendless

friendliness

Inform

Love

Happy

Decide

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• Can do economie
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