Affixes in Action What are affixes? How can knowing them help you?
Affixes in Action
Dec 30, 2015
Affixes in Action. What are affixes? How can knowing them help you?. Prefix. Pre=before Goes on the beginning of a word. Suffix. Goes on the end of a word. Sub-. Meaning: less than, under, below Subway subzero. Post-. Meaning: after Postwar Posthumous. Pro-. Meaning: in favor of - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Affixes in ActionAffixes in Action
What are affixes?How can knowing them help
you?
What are affixes?How can knowing them help
you?
PrefixPrefix
Pre=before
Goes on the beginning of a word
Pre=before
Goes on the beginning of a word
SuffixSuffix
Goes on the end of a wordGoes on the end of a word
Sub-Sub-
Meaning: less than, under, below
Subwaysubzero
Meaning: less than, under, below
Subwaysubzero
Post-Post-
Meaning: after
PostwarPosthumous
Meaning: after
PostwarPosthumous
Pro-Pro-
Meaning: in favor of
Pro-democracyPro-choice
Meaning: in favor of
Pro-democracyPro-choice
In-In-
Meaning: not
Invalidinsignifcant
Meaning: not
Invalidinsignifcant
Extra-Extra-
Meaning: outside, beyond, more than usual
Extraordinaryextraterrestrial
Meaning: outside, beyond, more than usual
Extraordinaryextraterrestrial
-ous-ous
Meaning: full of
NauseousOdorous
Meaning: full of
NauseousOdorous
-ology-ology
Meaning: Study of
Anthropology (study of humans)Biology
Meaning: Study of
Anthropology (study of humans)Biology
-ly -ly
Meaning: in a ____ way
Quickly (in a quick way)Slowly (in a slow way)
Meaning: in a ____ way
Quickly (in a quick way)Slowly (in a slow way)
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