Prefixes and suffixes are groups of letters that can be added to words to change their meaning. A prefix is added at the beginning of a word, like "un-" meaning "not" in "unhappy." A suffix is added at the end, like "-less" meaning "without" in "flavorless." Common prefixes and suffixes are used productively in English to create new words describing modern concepts. Examples include "multi-" for "multicultural" and "-ize" to form verbs from nouns like "idolize."

1. PREFIX SUFFIX

3. A prefix is a group of letters placed before the root of a
word. For example, the word “unhappy” consists of the
prefix “un-” [which means “not”] combined with the root (or
stem) word “happy”; the word “unhappy” means “not
happy.”
Prefix

4. • Prefixes are added to the beginning of an
existing word in order to create a new word with
a different meaning.
• Some prefixes are part of our living language, in
that people regularly use them to create new
words for modern products, concepts, or
situations.

5. word prefix new word
Happy un- Unhappy
Cultural multi- Multicultural
Work over- Overwork
Space cyber- Cyberspace
market super- Supermarket

6. A suffix is a group of letters placed after the root of a
word. For example, the word flavorless consists of the
root word “flavor” combined with the suffix “-less”
[which means “without”]; the word “flavorless” means
“having no flavor.”
suffix

7. Suffixes are added to the end of an existing word.There are many suffixes used in
the English language to create a rich vocabulary. These suffixes change the
meaning or grammatical function of a root word. For example, by adding the
suffixes -er and -est to the adjective "fond," you create the comparative "fonder"
and the superlative, "fondest."
Take the suffix -ist, by adding this to a word you have changed the word to
describe a person who performs or practices something. So, art becomes artist, a
person skilled in a particular art.
Let's look at the verb "read." This verb can be turned into a noun by adding the
suffix -er, and so "read" becomes "reader." Likewise, by adding the suffix -able
the verb "read" now becomes the adjective "readable."

8. word suffix new word
Child -ish Childish
Work -er Worker
Taste -less Tasteless
Idol -ize/-ise idolize/idolize
like -able Likeable