The document provides definitions and examples of common suffixes in the English language. It discusses suffixes such as -er, -ly, and -est that compare things, as well as suffixes like -ful, -y, and -less that indicate states or conditions. It also defines prefixes like un-, dis-, non- and re- and their meanings of "not" or "again". The purpose is to teach third grade students about how suffixes and prefixes can change the meanings of words.

1. Mrs. Koehn’s Third Grade Class 2012

2.  -er means “more” when added to a word
comparing two persons, places, or things
 Examples: steeper, taller, louder
◦ Giraffes are taller than lions.

3.  -ly means “in a certain way”
 Examples: softly, nicely, slowly
◦ Turtles walk slowly.

4.  -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.

5.  -ful and –y both mean “full of”
 Examples: joyful, hopeful, beautiful, snowy,
cloudy, rainy

6.  -y means “full of”
 Examples: snowy, cloudy, rainy
◦ It is very cloudy out.

7.  -ful means “full of”
 Examples: joyful, hopeful, beautiful
◦ The sunset was beautiful.

8.  -less adds the meaning “without”
 Examples: hopeless, careless, thoughtless
◦ The careless janitor ruined the painting.

9.  -ness changes an adjective to a noun and
means “the condition of”
 Examples: sadness, laziness, happiness
◦ Bubbles bring happiness to children.

10.  un-, dis-, non- all mean “not” or “the
opposite of”
 Examples: undone, unsupportive, unopened
disrespectful, disapprove, disorder,
nontraditional, nonaggressive, nondestructive

11.  un- means “not” or “the opposite of”
 Examples: undone, unsupportive, unopened
◦ The presents are unopened.

12.  dis- means “not” or “the opposite of”
 Examples: disrespectful, disapprove, disorder
◦ Students who talk while the teacher is talking are
disrespectful.

13.  non- means “not” or “the opposite of”
 Examples: nontraditional, nonaggressive,
nondestructive
◦ This puppy is nonaggressive.

14.  re- means “again” or “back to”
 Examples: rewind, redo, repeat
◦ The rewind button on the remote control is too
small.