Grade 5

English Studies
Grade 5
4/5/20

Affixation
Affixation is a process of adding a word, letter or letters(affix) to a root word to change its meaning.

Types of affixes:-
1. Prefix: This is an affix added at the beginning of a root word. e.g

Affix       root word   new word
be              come        = become
re               move      = remove
per             take         = pertake
in                put          = input
pre              tend       = pretend

2. Suffix: This is an affix that is added at the end of a word. e.g

root word      affix       new word
birth               day         birthday
kind                ness       kindness
teach               able       teachable
danger            ous        dangerous
report             er           reporter

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Assignment👇

Use each of the affixes below to form a word. Indicate whether it is prefix or suffix. Show your work

in, ty, ness, ly pre, under, re, be, able, ful

Clara O
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Vocabulary

Homophones
Homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings. e.g

week/weak

dye/die

right/write

scene/seen

buy/bye/by

aloud/allowed

made/maid

ant/aunt

you/ewe

two/too

Clara O
Good luck.


Assignment 👇

Find a homophone of each of the following.
haul, principal, sauce, tale, board, through, eye, see, red, rain