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Third grade prefix
Transcript of Third grade prefix
Third GradeSuffixes and Prefixes
Mrs. Koehn’s Third Grade Class 2012
-er means “more” when added to a word comparing two persons, places, or things
Examples: steeper, taller, louder
◦ Giraffes are taller than lions.
-er
-ly means “in a certain way”
Examples: softly, nicely, slowly
◦ Turtles walk slowly.
-ly
-est means “most” when added to a word comparing more than two persons, places or things
Examples: fastest, craziest, hungriest
◦ Jake is the hungriest boy I know.
-est
-ful and –y both mean “full of”
Examples: joyful, hopeful, beautiful, snowy, cloudy, rainy
-ful & -y
-y means “full of”
Examples: snowy, cloudy, rainy
◦ It is very cloudy out.
-y
-ful means “full of”
Examples: joyful, hopeful, beautiful
◦ The sunset was beautiful.
-ful
-less adds the meaning “without”
Examples: hopeless, careless, thoughtless
◦ The careless janitor ruined the painting.
-less
-ness changes an adjective to a noun and means “the condition of”
Examples: sadness, laziness, happiness
◦ Bubbles bring happiness to children.
-ness
un-, dis-, non- all mean “not” or “the opposite of”
Examples: undone, unsupportive, unopened disrespectful, disapprove, disorder, nontraditional, nonaggressive, nondestructive
un-, dis-, non-
un- means “not” or “the opposite of”
Examples: undone, unsupportive, unopened
◦ The presents are unopened.
un-
dis- means “not” or “the opposite of”
Examples: disrespectful, disapprove, disorder
◦ Students who talk while the teacher is talking are disrespectful.
dis-
non- means “not” or “the opposite of”
Examples: nontraditional, nonaggressive, nondestructive
◦ This puppy is nonaggressive.
non-
re- means “again” or “back to”
Examples: rewind, redo, repeat
◦ The rewind button on the remote control is too small.
re-