Affixes
Affixes are the words or letters that added to the beggining or ending of the word. By using affixes, we can make various word classes. There are two types of affixes. They are
- prefixes
- suffixes
Prefixes
Prefixes are the letters or words that added to the beggining of a words. By using prefixes, we can make oppsite or verb formations of a word.
Study the following prefixes.
un - unhappy, unaware
dis - disable, disappear,discharge
mis - misunderstand,
non - non-governmental, non-toxic, non-party
en - enable, endanger, enrich
il - illegal,illhealth, illliteracy
in -inability, inaction, inccuracy, independant
anti - antibiotics, antivirus,anti-aircraft
multi - multi national, multi media, multi colour
extra - extra curricular, extraordinary
ex - external, exchange, exclude
bi - bilingual,bicolour, bicameral,bianual
pre - prehistorical, prebiotics, pre-date
ir - irregular, irresponding
suffixes
suffixes are the words or letters that added to the ending of a word. By using suffixes, we can form verbs, nouns and adjectives. There are lot of suffixes in english language.
eer - engineer, profiteer, volunteer
er - helper, carpenter,teacher
ion - celebration, openion, function, irrigation
ity - probability, ability, publicity
ment - government, payment
ness - illness, fitness
sion - decision, depression, expression
ship - friend ship, parner ship, scholar ship
th - strength, depth, wrmth
