This document discusses how words are made up of word parts including prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Prefixes are added to the beginning of a word and change its meaning, roots are the main part of the word, and suffixes are added to the end and can change a word from one part of speech to another. Examples are given of how adding prefixes and suffixes to root words can change the meaning and part of speech of a word.

1. Word Parts
Prefixes
Roots
Suffixes

2. Root Word: the main word.
Words are made up of word parts.
You can add other word parts to
the root word.
Prefix + ROOT + Suffix

3. Prefix: a word part added to
the beginning of the word that
changes the meaning.
Example 1:
incomplete vs. complete
↓ ↓
Not finished Finished

4. Example 2:
Ex-Boyfriend vs. Boyfriend
↓ ↓

5. Bicycle

6. Mis behave

7. Suffix: a word part added to
the end of the word.
Example 1:
Dogs vs. Dog → One Dog
↓
More then 1 dog

8. Example 2:
Happy vs. Happiness
↓ ↓
Adjective, joyful
emotion
Noun, the state of
happy emotion

9. Government

10. Breakable

11. Let’s Breakdown Words
Unhappiness:
Un- not
Happy- to feel joy or pleasure
Ness- state of, makes a noun

12. Incurable:
Cure- to heal, or make better
In- not
Able- can or able to do something