Suffixes
Prefixes
Root Words
Ending Grid
(pronunciation)
Types of Speech
100

capable; can be done

-able

100

not

in-

100

not able to be separated

inseparable 

100

/uh/ 

(short u)

-a

100

person, place, thing

noun

200

past-tense verbs

-ed

200

not; the opposite of

un-
200

a young person who tends to commit crimes

delinquent

200

-sian

/shun/ or /zhun/

200

describes a noun

adjective

300

an active or continuous sense related to the verb it attaches to

-ing

300

not; opposite of; away from

dis-

300

an agreement made between two people or groups in which each side gives up some of the things they want so that both sides are happy at the end

compromise

300

-gious

/jus/

300

an action

verb

400

Process of doing; act

-tion

400

again

re-

400

to examine; to study

investigate

400

/ee-uh-n-s/

-ience
400

the, a, an

article

500

transforms an adjective into an adverb, providing information about the action related to that adjective.

-ly

500

before

pre-

500

to behave or feel towards somebody in the same way as they behave or feel towards you

Reciprocate

500

/shun/

-tion, -cion, -sion AND -tian, -cian, -sian 

500

he, she, they, it

pronoun

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