1. Prefixes are letters which we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning. Prefix: incorrect, illogical, descriptive
2. A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word which makes a new word. Suffix: inherently, higher, especially, relation, importance, variations, closely.
3. Suffixes are commonly used to show the part of speech of a word.
4. -in- ; -ill- ; -age- ; -lly-
5. Prefixes can, for example, create a new word opposite in meaning to the word the prefix is attached to.
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1. Prefixes are letters which we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning. Prefix: incorrect, illogical, descriptive
2. A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word which makes a new word. Suffix: inherently, higher, especially, relation, importance, variations, closely.
3. Suffixes are commonly used to show the part of speech of a word.
4. -in- ; -ill- ; -age- ; -lly-
5. Prefixes can, for example, create a new word opposite in meaning to the word the prefix is attached to.
6. Decode, disagree, illegal, disappear.