Day 15 Grammar (Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words)

UNREMARKABLE

Mark: The root word. Mark means visible on a surface; distinguishing sign or symbol; indication of some quality.

Un: The prefix 'un' means not.

Re: The prefix 're' means again.

Able: The suffix 'able' means can or able to be.

Unremarkabe: Not worthy of note or attention; common and usual.

Students will be shown how prefixwes and suffixes change the meaning of words. They will be given different words and will have to divide the word into its root words and prefixes and suffixes.

A list of prefixes and suffixes will be given along with their meanings.

Prefixes

1. dis - not, away from
2. mid - half, middle
3. pre - before
4. super - alot, very big
5. en - make, let
6. mis - wrong
7. post - after
8. sub - section
9. im - not
10. non - not, doesn't
11. re - again
12. over - too much

Suffixes

1. able - can do, able to be
2. er - verb + er = person who 'verb's; adjective +er means more 'adjective
3. ing - verb + ing = now; or makes a gerrund.
4. ment - adjective + ment makes a noun
5. al - adjective
6. est - adjective +est means the most 'adjective'
7. ism - noun
8. ness - quality
9. ful - full of, has lots of
10. less - doesn't have
11. en - verb + en makes a past participle for completed actions
12. ly - adjective + ly makes an adverb
13. tion - verb + tion makes a noun
14. ed - verb + ed makes it a past tense

Students will then be given a handout from Empowering the Learner 2, pages 30, 31, 33 - 36, where they will do numerous activities with prefixes and suffixes.