10 examples of prefixes and suffixes?

Answer 1

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.”

A short list of prefixes:

Prefix Meaning Examples

de- from, down, away, reverse, opposite decode, decrease

dis- not, opposite, reverse, away disagree, disappear

ex- out of, away from, lacking, former exhale, explosion

il- not illegal, illogical

im- not, without impossible, improper

in- not, without inaction, invisible

mis- bad, wrong mislead, misplace

non- not nonfiction, nonsense

pre- before prefix, prehistory

pro- for, forward, before proactive, profess, program

re- again, back react, reappear

un- against, not, opposite undo, unequal, unusual

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.”

A short list of suffixes:

Suffix Meaning Examples

-able able to, having the quality of comfortable, portable

-al relating to annual comical

-er comparative bigger, stronger

-est superlative strongest, tiniest

-ful full of beautiful, grateful

-ible forming an adjective reversible, terrible

-ily forming an adverb eerily, happily, lazily

-ing denoting an action, a material, or a gerund acting, showing

-less without, not affected by friendless, tireless

-ly forming an adjective clearly, hourly

-ness denoting a state or condition kindness, wilderness

-y full of, denoting a condition, or a diminutive glory, messy, victory

Answer 2

Suffixes that, when added to adjectives or verbs, can form a noun.

Examples:

-ity (the adjective lax becomes the noun laxity)

-ness (the adjective bold becomes the noun boldness)

-ion (the verb confuse becomes the noun confusion)

-tion (the verb vacate becomes the noun vacation)

-ation (the verb relax becomes the noun relaxation)

-ment (the verb retire becomes the noun retirement)

Answer 3

Examples of words that have suffixes are:

act+ion = action

brave+ry = bravery

close+ness = closeness

down+y = downy

glass+es = glasses

good+s = goods

hunt+er = hunter

punish+ment = punishment

special+ist = specialist

warm+est = warmest

wonder+ful = wonderful

wonderful+ly = wonderfully

Answer 4

-est (like smartest)

-ist (like tourist)

-ism(like capitalism)

-ess (like stewardess)

-ette (like smurfe

Answer 5

To receive an answer, you will have to ask for a specific suffix. Otherwise, we would have to provide an unreasonably large number of words in the answer.

Answer 6

peacefulness

powerfulness

hopefulness helplessness thankfulness carelessness

Answer 7

suffix are any letters added at the end of an original word is called suffix

Answer 8

e

Answer 9

sense

Answer 10

ee