Prefixes, Suffixes, and

Pre-GCSE English

Aims and ObjectivesAims

To identify how words can be broken down into individual parts, and to understand that each part has its own meaning.

Objectives• To discuss prefixes, suffixes, and root words• To break down words into their component parts• To state the meaning of some prefixes and suffixes

Listen Carefully to the Rap

Prefix Rap

All of these have a meaning of their own.

prefix root suffix

Put together, they make something new.

Root WordsAll words start out with a root word.

This is the basic part of the word.

Root words are helpful for learning both the meaning and the spelling of a word.

Suffixes and prefixes can be joined to root words in order to make new words.

Examples of Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes

Root Words with both Prefixes and Suffixes

If we can identify the main part of a word, we can then usually identify both the prefix and the suffix if they are there.

This is a word - unemployment This is the root - unemployment This is the prefix - unemployment This is the suffix - unemployment

Root and Prefix

wash – prewash

move – remove

clean - unclean

Each prefix has a

meaning.

Root and Suffix

wash – washed

move – moving

clean - cleaner

Each suffix has a

meaning.

Activity 1Look at the cards on the pin board and complete the table that you have been given.

Extra activity

available

Activity 2 – In PairsLook at the flash cards.

Split the individual words into root and suffix.

What additional meaning has the suffix given?

Group Activity

Share out the laminated cards.

As a group, make as many words as you can that have a prefix, a root word, and a suffix.

For example: dishonestly

Feedback Time

Slip Test

Aims and ObjectivesAims

To identify how words can be broken down into individual parts, and to understand that each part has its own meaning.

Objectives• To discuss prefixes, suffixes, and root words• To break down words into their component parts• To state the meaning of some prefixes and suffixes

Extra ActivityLook at the lyrics that you were given at the start of the lesson.

Identify words that contain prefixes.

Write the word in a list, and use a dictionary to find the meaning of the word.