prefix- suffix- root listby grade level（前缀,后缀,根listby年级平均水平）.docVIP

Prefix-Suffix-Root List by Grade Level 2010-2011 The following lists are not all-inclusive, but most common. They are a minimum students at each grade level should read and understand how to use and apply by the current school year end. Others may be added based on your classroom of students. Prefix - A word part added to the beginning of a root or base word to create a new meaning, Suffix - A letter or a group of letters added to the end of a root or base word to change its meaning, Root - the form of a word after all affixes are removed (Generally, prefixes and suffixes change the meanings of roots, but it is usually the suffix that denotes the part of speech.) Incorporate prefix, suffix, and roots into working with words study. 1st Grade Prefix Suffix Definition Examples Origin Additional Information -s, -es plural, more than one hats, pigs, books, plays, boxes, wishes, dishes cliffs, roofs, beliefs knives, leaves, halves, selves Anglo-Saxon y after a vowel (s) words end in –s, -sh, -ch, -x, -z (-es) nouns ending –f or –fe (s) -f or –fe change –f to –v and add –es consonant followed by –o (-es) vowel followed by –o (-s) -ing action/process helping, skipping, running, seeing, thinking Anglo-Saxon Present participle of verb -ed past tense jumped, helped Anglo-Saxon Past tense verb Incorporate prefix, suffix, and roots into working with words study. 2nd Grade Prefix Suffix Definition Examples Origin Additional Information un- not/opposite unlock, unsafe, uncover Anglo-Saxon re- again/back reread, rewrite, return Latin -er person connected with, comparative degree teacher, writer, baker, bigger, colder, taller Anglo-Saxon -est superlative degree biggest, coldest, tallest Anglo-Saxon Usually an adjective -ful full of beautiful, painful Anglo-Saxon Usually an adjective -less without careless, helpless Anglo-Saxon Incorporate prefix, suffix, and roots into working with words study. 3rd Grade Prefix Suffix Root Definition