Prefixes and Suffixes Wordformation

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Add a prefix to each of the following words to make new words.

mis / anti / im / in / il / un/ dis / non / pre / re / en

.......possible ..........understand ......attentive ...............polite ..........place


.....depressive ..........employed .......... turn ..........vision ........frost
..........agree .......... able ..........justice ...........lead .......gravity
..........happy ............legal ..........like ............write ..........school
.....active ..........regular ..........logical ..........sense ..........stop
........fix ..........fiction ........expected ......historic ..........cursor
.......loyal .............cover ..........dote ..........dress ..........courage
..........do ..........able ..........literate ..........face ..........climax

Write the negative form of the words using the prefixes

un in ir il im de dis non anti a

responsible smoking
comfort legal
safe normal
capable visible
frost thesis
Arctic profit
armed valid
regular logical
personal code
honest stop
classify licit

Add a suffix to each of the following words to make new words.

y /ly / less / ful/ er / or / ness / able / ment / tal / ary / ous / proof / free / ity /
ian

fear.......... teach.......... help.......... brother.......... happy..........


accident .......... photocopy............ understand.......... loud.......... courage..........
tough.......... kind.......... care.......... home.......... fashion..........
friend ........... water.......... jealous......... speech.......... tax..........
popular.......... clear.......... hope.......... mad.......... suit..........
sugar.......... rely.......... bullet.......... pain.......... danger..........
fame.......... comfort.......... fog.......... environment........ act..........
use.......... Brazil.......... drink........... encourage.......... deplore..........
ANSWERS

impossible misunderstand inattentive impolite misplace


anti-depressive unemployed return prevision defrost
disagree disable injustice mislead antigravity
unhappy Illegal dislike rewrite preschool
inactive irregular illogical nonsense non-stop
prefix non-fiction unexpected prehistoric precursor
disloyal discover antidote undress encourage
undo enable Illiterate preface anticlimax

Write the negative form of the words using the prefixes

un in ir il im de dis non anti a

responsible irresponsible smoking non-smoking


comfort discomfort legal illegal
safe unsafe normal abnormal
capable incapable visible invisible
frost defrost thesis antithesis
Arctic Antarctic profit non-profit
armed unarmed valid invalid
regular irregular logical illogical
personal impersonal code decode
honest dishonest stop non-stop
classify declassify licit illicit

Add a suffix to each of the following words to make new words.


ly / less / ful/ er / or / ness / able / ment / tal / ary / ous / proof / free / ity

fearless teacher helpful brotherly happiness


accidental photocopyable understandable loudly courageous
thoughtful kindness careless/ful homeless fashionable
friendly waterproof jealousy speechless tax-free
popularity clearly hopeless/ful madness suitable
sugarfree reliable bulletproof painful dangerous
famous comfortable foggy environmental actor
useful Brazilian drinkable encouragement deplorable

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