Do you know your Prefix’s and Suffix’s? What is a prefix? A group of letters usually placed at the beginning of a root word to modify or change it’s.

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Slide 2 Do you know your Prefixs and Suffixs? Slide 3 What is a prefix? A group of letters usually placed at the beginning of a root word to modify or change its meaning, Eg, able becomes unable happy becomes unhappy friendly becomes unfriendly Slide 4 There are many others, some examples are Irreplaceable Defrost Undeniable Misfortune Triangle Bicycle Semicircle Imploded Exploded Anticlockwise Antidote Transport Oversight Slide 5 The word prefix is itself made up of the stem fix (meaning attach, in this case), and the prefix pre- (meaning "before") The more words you learn, the more connections you will be able to make between the prefixes and suffixes. Slide 6 Who wants to be a Millionaire? Specialist subject- Prefixes and Suffixes Slide 7 The Prizes 1 100 2 - 200 3 - 500 4 - 1,000 5 - 2,000 6 - 4,000 7 - 8,000 8 - 16,000 9 - 32,000 10 - 64,000 11 - 125,000 12 - 250,000 13 - 500,000 14 - 1,000,000 Slide 8 Lifelines Phone a friend Ask the audience Slide 9 Ready? OK, Lets Play Slide 10 Look at these words. Mistake Misunderstood Misbehave Miscalculate Misfire Misbelieve Misinterpret Slide 11 100 What is the meaning of the prefix, Mis-? B above A - wrongly C again D - half A - wrongly Slide 12 What about these? Midfield Midday Midnight Middle Midpoint Midway Midlands Mid-air Midweek Slide 13 200 What is the meaning of the prefix, Mid-? B - Midnight A - Midday C - Middle D - Midlands C - Middle Slide 14 500 The meaning of this prefix is, NOT. B Un- A In- C Over- D Bi- B Un- Slide 15 Un- Unbelievable Unreal Unfasten Undo Unacceptable Unhappy Untold Unlucky Untidy Slide 16 1,000 What do you do if you re-read a book? B dont read it A read it for the first time C read it again D read it upside down C read it again Slide 17 2,000 Prebook, precheck, precook, predict, and prefix have a prefix meaning? B - Before A - After C - During D - Never B - Before Slide 18 4,000 Which of these words can not be made into another word by adding the prefix 'sub'? B marine A book C merge D way A book Slide 19 8,000 The prefixes such as in-, im-,il-, ir- can mean what? (e.g injustice, impossible, illiterate, irrelevant) B - Big A - Across C - Over D - Not Slide 20 Midpoint! You are doing well so far, How well do you know your Suffixes?? Slide 21 What is a suffix? Letters placed at the end of a root word to change its meaning, E.g, happy could become happier, happiest, happily Slide 22 Some other examples are Sensible Joyous Enormous Biggest Smallest Difficulty Running Happiness Kindness Normality Comfortable Books Boxes Attraction Higher Builder Teacher Careless Slide 23 Suffixes- second round! Ready? Slide 24 16,000 Which of these is a suffix? B - pre A - un C - ed D - mis C - ed Slide 25 32,000 What suffix would you add to the word 'blame' to show you have done nothing wrong? B - ed A - ful C - able D - less Slide 26 64,000 Biggest, smallest, tallest, highest, greenest and happiest. The suffix est is used. B for one who A for an action C for comparison D just a coincidence C for comparison Slide 27 125,000 This suffix suggests something that can be done. B - ier A - ly C - ful D - ableD able Slide 28 -able, -ible Achievable Debateable Adjustable Fixable Lovable Agreeable Edible Legible Breakable Preventable Audible Slide 29 250,000 Which of these words has a prefix AND a suffix? B - Appointed A - Distinguish C - Disagreeable D - Happily C - Disagreeable Slide 30 500,000 Hopped, Skipped and Jumped all have the same suffix. It is used for B - past-tense A present-tense C under D without B past-tense Slide 31 1,000,000 What is the correct spelling? If everybody gets this right, it will be B - Unbelievable A Unbeleiveable C - Unbelievible D - Unbeleivible B - Unbelievable Slide 32 Congratulations! Invisible 1,000,000 cheque