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Prefixes Suffixes PDF
Prefixes Suffixes PDF
Prefixes Suffixes PDF
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
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non- not nonsense
*Most frequent. The four most frequent prefixes account for 97 percent of prefixed
words in printed school English.
From Teaching Reading Sourcebook: For Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade by Bill Honig, Linda Diamond, and Linda Gutlohn. 2000 by CORE.
Reproduced by permission of Arena Press.
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GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
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present participle
-ion, -tion, act, process occasion, attraction
-ation, ition
-ity, -ty state of infinity
-ive, -ative, -itive adjective form plaintive
of a noun
-less without fearless
-ly* characteristic of quickly
-ment action or process enjoyment
-ness state of, condition of kindness
-ous, -eous, -ious possessing the joyous
qualities of
-s, -es* more than one books, boxes
-y characterized by happy
*Most frequent. The four most frequent suffixes account for 97 percent of suffixed
words in printed school English.
From Teaching Reading Sourcebook: For Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade by Bill Honig, Linda Diamond, and Linda Gutlohn. 2000 by CORE.
Reproduced by permission of Arena Press.
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