Prefixes, Suffixes, and
Pre-GCSE English
Aims and Objectives
Aims
To identify how words can be broken down into individual
parts, and to understand that each part has its own meaning.
Objectives
• To discuss prefixes, suffixes, and root words
• To break down words into their component parts
• To state the meaning of some prefixes and suffixes
Listen Carefully to the Rap
Prefix Rap
All of these have a meaning of their own.
Put together, they make something new.
prefix
root
suffix
Root Words
All words start out with a root word.
This is the basic part of the word.
Root words are helpful for learning both the meaning
and the spelling of a word.
Suffixes and prefixes can be joined to root words in
order to make new words.
Examples of Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes
Root Words with both Prefixes and Suffixes
If we can identify the main part of a word, we can
then usually identify both the prefix and the suffix if
they are there.
This is a word
This is the root
This is the prefix
This is the suffix
-
unemployment
unemployment
unemployment
unemployment
Root and Prefix
wash – prewash
move – remove
clean - unclean
Each prefix
has a
meaning.
Root and Suffix
wash – washed
move – moving
clean - cleaner
Each suffix
has a
meaning.
Activity 1
Look at the cards on the pin board and complete the table that you
have been given.
Extra
activity
available
Activity 2 – In Pairs
Look at the flash cards.
Split the individual words into root and suffix.
What additional meaning has the suffix given?
Group Activity
Share out the laminated cards.
As a group, make as many words as you can that have a prefix, a root
word, and a suffix.
For example:
dishonestly
Feedback Time
Slip Test
Aims and Objectives
Aims
To identify how words can be broken down into individual
parts, and to understand that each part has its own meaning.
Objectives
• To discuss prefixes, suffixes, and root words
• To break down words into their component parts
• To state the meaning of some prefixes and suffixes
Extra Activity
Look at the lyrics that you were given at the start of the
lesson.
Identify words that contain prefixes.
Write the word in a list, and use a dictionary to find the
meaning of the word.