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STRUCTURE

Simple Derivative Compound

Small, little, big, sad, Disobedient, Red-haired, snow-


deep homeless, courageous white

Suffixes Examples Stem Examples

-less Hopeless, Noun+adjective Snow-white


motionless
Noun+participle I Life-giving
-like Childlike,
homelike Adjective+adjective Deaf-mute
Productive
-ish Goldish, childish Adjective+noun+suf.-ed Cold-hearted

Noun+noun+suf.-ed Lynx-eyed
-ed Wicked, beloved
Numeral+participle II Four-wheeled
-ible Responsible,
illegible
Adverb+noun+suf.-ed Over-crowded

-able Reliable,
improbable

Important,
-ant
significant

Unproductive -ent Dependent,


patient

-en Golden, wooden

-ous Dangerous,
gorgeous

-some Troublesome

Prefixes Examples

Im- Impossible
Negative Un- Unreliable

Non- Non-social

In- Incredible

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