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Prefixes and Suffiexes
4th Grade ILSB Prefixes and Suffixes
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4th Grade
12/15/2009

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Term

 

 

 

 

-able/-ible

Definition

capable or worthy of

 

Examples

 

manageable

submitting to control; capable of being managed

 

edible

capable of eating it

Term

 

 

-ance

Definition

quality or state; an action or process

 

Examples:

entrance

the action to enter

 

importance

the quality of being important

Term

 


-al

Definition

action/result of verb

 

Examples:

 

natural

action of being just good at something

a natural artist

a natural athelete

rental

act of renting or borrowing something

 

Term

 

 

 

-ic

Definition

like or having nature to

 

 

Examples

 

Heroic

the nature of being a hero

 

Realistic

like being real

Term

 

 

 

-ish

Definition

characteristics of, belonging to, near or about, similar to

 

Examples

 

Childish

having the characteristics of being child like


Babyish

having the characteristics of being baby like.

 

Let's meet at 5:00ish

"near or about"

 

 He is British. He is from Britain.

 "to belong to"

 

Term

 

 

 

bi-

Definition

two

 

Examples

 

bicycle

two wheels

 

bilingual

two languages

 

bivalve

two valves


Term

 

 

 

ex-

Definition

out, away, from

 

Examples

 

exclude

away from others

 

expel

out of a place

Term

 

 

 

il-

ir-

Definition

not

 

Examples

 

illegal

not legal

 

irregular

not regular

Term

 

 

 

im-

in-

Definition

not, opposite of, in or into

 

Examples

 

impossible

not possible


immigrate

to move into another country


immature

not mature


indigestion

type of acid or pain in the stomach

Term

 

 

 

non-

Definition

not

 

Examples

 

nonsense

does not make sense

 

nonstop

not stopping anytime soon

Term

 

 

 

pre-

Definition

before

 

Examples

 

preview

to look over before doing somethign

 

precooked

to cook in advance or partially

Term

 

 

 

over

Definition

excessively (a lot of), completely

 

Examples

 

overdone

to be completely done

 

overjoyed

to be excessively happy

 

overconfident

to be really confident

Term

 

 

 

port

Definition

to carry over

 

Examples

 

transport

carry something from one place to another

 

portable

something that can be easy to carry

Term

 

 

 

struct

Definition

build, touch, contact


Examples


construct

to build something


destruct

not to build to destroy


instruct

to build more knowledge (information)

Term

 

 

 

tri

Definition

three

 

Examples

 

tricycle

three wheels

 

triangle

three sided shape

Term

 

 

 

fact

Definition

make or do

 

Examples

 

factory

a place that makes things

 

manufacture

the way something is made

Term

 

 

 

geo

Definition

ground or land

 

Examples

 

geography

the study of the earth's land

 

geology

the study of the earths ground

Term

 

 

 

 

SUFFIXES

 

Definition

 

 

 

PREFIXES

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