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Prefixes and suffixes in use

Notice how small word parts can change meaning in simple familiar words.

Category: Grammar in Use 9 min Confident
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Use only a few examples children can understand easily. The goal is noticing how words grow, not memorizing technical rules.

Read and think

Open one card at a time, read the text together, and use the audio button when hearing the line once helps.

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un-

prefix idea

Talk about how the word changes meaning.

Example: Kind becomes unkind.

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re-

prefix idea

Use it for doing something again.

Example: Read becomes reread.

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-ful / -less

suffix idea

Compare the changed meaning.

Example: Careful and careless mean different things.

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