What are Prefixes and Suffixes? How to use them?

1. Prefixes and Suffixes.

2. Prefixes:
Prefixes are sets of letters that are
added to the beginning of another
word to alter its meaning and to
form a new word.

3. Some Common Prefixes:
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4. Usage of Prefixes to form a
new word.
WORD
PREFIX
NEW WORD
Happy
Un-
Unhappy.
Cultural
Multi-
Multicultural.
Work
Over-
Overwork.
Space
Cyber-
Cyberspace.
Market
Super-
Supermarket.

5. Suffixes:
Suffixes are sets of letters that are
added to the ending of another
word to alter its meaning and to
form a new word.

6. Some Common Examples of
Suffixes:
• -Ly
• -Less
• -Able
• -Ful

7. Usage of Suffixes to form a
new word.
WORD
SUFFIX
NEW WORD
Child
-ish
Childish.
Work
-er
Worker.
Taste
-less
Tasteless.
Ideal
-ise/-ize
Idealise/ Idealize.
Like
-able
Likeable.

8. Note:
Prefixes And Suffixes are not
words in their own right, and
they cannot stand on their
own in a sentence; if they are
printed on their own, then
they have a hyphen before or
after them.