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Judit López WORD FORMATION

Word Formation. Adding prefixes (Pg. 181). 1. NEGATIVE MEANINGS. 

Dis-: Dislike, disrespect.

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In-: Inconvenience.

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Un-: Unconventional.

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Il-: Illiterate.

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Im-: Imperfect.

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Ir-: Irrelevant, irrational.

2. WHEN STH HAPPEN. 

Pre-: Premature (before).

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Post-: Postgraduate (after).

3. ATTITUDE. 

Pro-: pro-European (supporting).

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Anti-: anti-social (against).

4. OTHER. 

Mis-: misbehave (badly/wrongly).

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Re-: rebuild (again).

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Inter-: Interactive (between/among).

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Over-: Overview, oversee (from above).

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Under-: Underground, undermine (below).

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Judit López WORD FORMATION

Adding suffixes (Pg. 181-182). 1. VERB – NOUN. SUFFIX

-ation -ition -tion -sion -er -or -ance -ence

VERB recruit develop accuse define distract provide fight sail acquaint interfere

NOUN recruitment development accusation definition distraction provision fighter sailor acquaintance interference

-ant

contest

contestant

-al -ee

arrive train

arrival trainee

ADJECTIVE significant convenient ready diverse liable

NOUN significance convenience readiness diversity liability

-ment

MEANING Process or result of making or doing something. Action or condition.

Person/object that does something. Action, a series of actions, or a state. Person/object causing or performing the action. Add the meaning “the action of”. Person affected by the verb.

2. ADJECTIVE – NOUN. SUFFIX -ance -ence -ness -ity

MEANING Adjectives ending in –ant/-ent. Quality or condition. Ability.

3. NOUN – ADJECTIVE. SUFFIX -y

NOUN filth

ADJECTIVE filthy

-ful

fruit

fruitful

-ous -less -al -ic -ish -proof

number use nutrition idealist snob water

numberous useless nutritional idealistic snobbish waterproof

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MEANING “Like the started thing”. Having the stated quality to a high degree, or causing it. Being without something. Add the meaning “connected with”. What a person, thing or action is like. Cannot be harmed by.

Judit López WORD FORMATION

4. NOUN – NOUN. SUFFIX

NOUN

NOUN

-ism

material

materialism

-ist

violin therapy

violinst therapist

-ship

friend

friendship

neightbor brother king free

neightborhood brotherhood kingdom freedom

-hood -dom

MEANING Describe social, political or religious beliefs, studies or ways of behaving. People with a particular expertise, set of beliefs or way of behaving. Having the rank, position, skill or relationship of the stated type. The state of being a particular type of person.  Real or territory.  State or condition.

5. ADJECTIVE/NOUN – VERB. SUFFIX -ise -ize -ify

ADJECTIVE/NOUN

clear red wid

VERB generalise/ generalize clearify reden widen

SUFFIX -able -ible -ed -ing -ent

VERB sustain neglect bias grip persist

ADJECTIVE sustainable negligible biased gripping persistent

-ive

exclude

exclusive

general

-en

MEANING “To cause to become”. “To cause to become or to increase”. Cause to have a quality.

6. VERB – ADJECTIVE. MEANING “Able to receive the action” or “worth receiving the action”

“Showing the ability to perform the activity”.

7. ADJECTIVE – ADVERB. SUFFIX -ly -ally 

ADJECTIVE immense heroic

Si acaba en –ic, se le añade -ally (excepto public).

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ADVERB immensely heroically