suffixes 1
This suffix creates plurals of nouns.
-s, -es
This prefix means undo, not, opposite.
Hint: She is not happy.
un-
.This suffix means "full" or "full of".
-ful
This prefix means two or twice.
bi-
This prefix means three or thrice
tri-
This suffix creates a continuous verb form.
-ing
This prefix means "again" or "back".
Ex: Take off your jacket.
re-
This suffix means "one who" or "that which".
Hint: One who directs a play.
-or, -er
This prefix means "before, earlier".
Hint: Heat up the oven before you put the food in it.
pre-
This prefix means "between".
Hint: We are traveling on a highway between two states.
inter-
This suffix forms adverbs; tells the manner of doing something.
Hint: She is doing something in a sad way.
-ly
Name one prefix that means "in, on, toward".
Hint: Push air into a basketball.
in-, im-, il-, ir-
This suffix means "full of, inclined to, characterized by".
Hint: The sky is full of clouds today.
-y
This prefix means "not, absent of, apart".
Hint: I do not like school lunches.
dis-
This suffix means "without".
Hint: I am without help.
-less
This suffix forms the past tense of most verbs.
-ed
Name one prefix means "not/no".
Hint: You cannot be replaced.
in-, il-, im-, ir-
This suffix means "state of".
Hint: We hope to enjoy the state of being happy.
-ness
This prefix means "beneath, below, less, lower".
under-
This prefix means "not, negative".
Hint: The planet Tralfamadore does not exist.
non-
This suffix means "can do, having the ability to do".
Hint: The handwriting could be read.
-able, -ible
This prefix means "one, once".
uni-
This prefix means "without"
-less
This suffix means "act of, state of, result of".
Hint: I am experiencing a state of being frustrated.
-ion, -tion
This prefix means "above, highest, too much, above normal, outer, beyond time, too long".
over-