Sunday, September 17, 2006

Prefixes

Text giving examples of the use of prefixes in English.

Prefixes

A prefix is a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a root word to make a new word

So the prefix un can be added to the root word happy to make a new word - unhappy.

In this example the prefix un means not so unhappy means not happy.

Here is a list of common and not so common prefixes for you to think about:

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