Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Word building

The English Suffixes:

Noun Suffixes

Suffix

Meaning

Example

-acy

state or quality

privacy

-al

act or process of

refusal

-ance, -ence

state or quality of

maintenance, eminence

-dom

place or state of being

freedom, kingdom

-er, -or

one who

trainer, protector

-ism

doctrine, belief

communism

-ist

one who

chemist

-ity, -ty

quality of

veracity

-ment

condition of

argument

-ness

state of being

heaviness

-ship

position held

fellowship

-sion, -tion

state of being

concession, transition

     

Verb Suffixes

-ate

become

eradicate

-en

become

enlighten

-ify, -fy

make or become

terrify

-ize, -ise

become

civilize

     

Adjective Suffixes

-able, -ible

capable of being

edible, presentable

-al

pertaining to

regional

-esque

reminiscent of

picturesque

-ful

notable for

fanciful

-ic, -ical

pertaining to

musical, mythic

-ious, -ous

characterized by

nutritious, portentous

-ish

having the quality of

fiendish

-ive

having the nature of

creative

-less

without

endless

-y

characterized by

sleazy

 

 

 

 

 

The English prefixes:

Prefix

Meaning

Example

a-, an-

without

amoral

ante-

before

antecedent

anti-

against

anticlimax

auto-

self

autopilot

circum-

around

circumvent

co-

with

copilot

com-, con-

with

companion, contact

contra-

against

contradict

de-

off, away from

devalue

dis-

not

disappear

en-

put into

enclose

ex-

out of, former

extract, ex-president

extra-

beyond, more than

extracurricular

hetero-

different

heterosexual

homo-

same

homonym

hyper-

over, more

hyperactive

il-, im-, in-, ir-

not, without

illegal, immoral, inconsiderate, irresponsible

in-

into

insert

inter-

between

intersect

intra-

between

intravenous

macro-

large

macroeconomics

micro-

small

microscope

mono-

one

monocle

non-

not, without

nonentity

omni-

all, every

omniscient

post-

after

postmortem

pre-, pro-

before, forward

precede, project

sub-

under

submarine

syn-

same time

synchronize

trans-

across

transmit

tri-

three

tricycle

un-

not

unfinished

uni-

one

unicorn

     

 

 

Use the right of words between brackets to fill I the gaps:

1-The young recruit was fascinated by the highly…………………..men sitting around him (power)

2-Some were eating………………..while others picked at their plates (greed)

3-Wherever he went, he could see young upstarts thrilled with…………………… (Excite)

4-At night he would make up, overwhelmed with a feeling of………………… (Frighten)

5-Yes that world was…………………and fascinating, he thought (impress)

6-His dream was to live up to his father’s………………… (Expect).

7-………………….is a complex science (political)

8-Wade’s……………….seemed to be good but it is not (political)

9-Stop making false…………………without any evidence (accuse)

10-The…………..………….. of one’s weakness is the first step towards finding means to eradicated it (recognize)

11-They are……………………claiming their right freedom (legitimacy)

12-The whole society must be……………………to gender issues (sensitive)

13-They……………..that they have all rights and can treat their wives the way they like (assumption)

14-The………………..of his family background revealed bad condition

15-Because of the………….of that woman the baby was run over by the car. (care)

16-A………………chosen government should not be overthrown by coups. (democracy)

17-Do you mind lending me some money? I am……………….this morning. (penny)

18-You need a………….to open a bottle. (open)

19-If African countries want to develop, they shouldn’t be too………………on the west. (depend)

20-Making certain mistakes is not…………………for terminale students. (excuse)

21-Any…………………(withdraw) from foreign countries and any (neglect)…………….. of the domestic agenda, would definitely………………….(weak) America’s power inside and outside. But, America’s……………….(last) supremacy is………………. (symptom) of its social, political and economic (solid)

Remark: before filling a gap, I ask myself what kind of I need: Do I need a subject, an object, a verb, a noun, an adverb, an adjective…etc?



19/07/2012
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