ENGLISH 5 Module 1: Compound & Affixed Words

1. Compound
and
Affixed
Words
ENGLISH 5: MODULE 1

2. By the end of this lesson, the students are able to:
1. Define compound and affix words
2. Identify compound and affix words in sentences
and reading selections
3. Form sentences with compound and affix words
4. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words (compound
and affixed) based on given context clues
(synonyms, antonyms, word parts) and other
strategies

3. Last Word
Game

4. Compound
Words

5. Identify the compound or affixed words in this Word Cloud:

6. Compound Words
- two or more words are put together to form a word or phrase with a
new meaning
- We can figure out the meaning of the compound word by using what
we know about the individual words that make up the compound word.
Examples of Compound Words
Ice + Cream = Ice cream
Foot + Ball = Football
Home + Work = Homework
Water + Melon = Watermelon
Living + Room = Living room
Close + Up = Close-up

7. Compound Words fall into 3 categories
Open Compounds
- spelled as two words
ice cream
fire drill
full moon
coffee mug
real estate
high school
electric fan
Closed Compounds
- joined to form a single
word
football
homework
notebook
armchair
bookstore
grandmother
Superman
Hyphenated Compounds
- two words joined by a
hyphen
empty-handed
absent-minded
long-term
full-length
part-time
north-east
long-haired

8. Affixed
Words

9. Affix
- a set of letters generally added to
the beginning (prefixes) or end
(suffixes) of a root word to modify
its meaning
- subordinate of a word
- the portion of the word that remains
when all prefixes and suffixes have
been removed
- typically,can stand alone
❏ The main part of a word
❏ There must be at least one in one word
❏ Word part from which other words grow,
through addition of affixes
Roots

10. 2 Types of Roots
Free Roots
- “free morphemes”
- can stand alone to function as words
recollect
bilingual
international
attractive
Bound Roots
- “bound morphemes”
- cannot stand alone to function as words
because they are no longer used in Modern
English
receive
reduce

11. Examples of Affixed Words
Affixed Word Root Word Affix
Untouchable touch Un-
-able
Happiness Happy -ness
Likely Like -ly
Overwork work Over-
Development Develop -ment

12. 2 Types of Affixes
Prefix
- words added to the beginning of a word
anti- against
de- opposite
dis- not, opposite of
en-, em- cause to
fore- before
in-, im- in
in-, im-, il-, ir- not
inter- between
mid- middle
mis- wrongly
non- not
over- over
pre- before
re- again
semi- half
sub- under
super- above
trans- across
un- not
under- under

13. 2 Types of Affixes
Suffix
- words being added at the end of a word
-able, -ible can be done
-al, -ial, -ic having characteristics of
-ed* past-tense verbs
en made of
-er comparative
-er one who
-est comparative
-ful full of
-ing* verb form/present
participle
-able, -ible can be done
-ion, -tion, -ation, ition act, process
-ity, -ty state of
-ive, -ative, -itive adjective form of a noun
-less without
-ly characteristic of
-ment action or process
-ness state of, condition of
-ous, -eous, -ious possessing the qualities
of
-s, -es more than one