Worksheet on Prefixes & Suffixes
Add two words or more words for each prefix given in this sheet
Discuss the words with your team and write it.
1. Ambi - ‘on both sides’ as in ambidextrous, ________, _________
2. Anti - ‘against’ as in antidote, _________, ________
3. Auto - ‘self’ as in autocrat, _________, ________
4. Bene - ‘well’ as in benefit, ________,_______
5. Bi - ‘two, twice’ as in biweekly, _________, _______
6. Co - ‘together’ as in co-existence, __________, ________
7. Counter - ‘against’ as in counteract, _________, __________
8. De - ‘down’ as in dethrone, __________, __________
9. Dis - ‘the negative or opposite of ‘as in dislike,__________, __________
10. En - ‘to put into or on, to make into to cause to be’ as in encase, _______, _______
11. Equi - ‘equal’ as in equidistant, ________, ________
12. Ex - ‘former’ as in ex-President, _________,_______
13. Hyper - ‘to an excessive degree, over’ as in hyperbole, ________,_______
14. Il, In, Im, Ir - ‘not’ as in illiterate, _________,_________
15. Inter – ‘between, from one to another, as in interconnect, _________, _______
16. Mal - ‘bad or badly, not correct or correctly, ill, evil, as in malpractice, ______,_______
17. Mis - ‘bad, wrong, not’ as in misbehave, ________, ________
18. Mono - ‘one, alone’ as in monogamy, _________, ________
19. Non - ‘not’ as in nonsense, __________, _________
20. Omni - ‘all everywhere’ as in omnivorous, ________, ________
21. Poly - ‘many’ as in polygamy, _________, _________
22. Post - ‘after’ as in postgraduate, _________, ________
23. Pre - ‘before’ as in prehistoric, __________ ,________
24. Re - ‘again’ as in refund, ___________, _________
25. Semi - ‘half, partly’ as in semicircular, _________, ________
26. Sub – ‘under, below, beneath, less than’ as in substandard, ________, _______
27. Super, Sur – ‘above, over, more than’ as in Superstar, _______, ______
28. Ultra – ‘extremely, excessively’ beyond a specified limit or extent’ as in ultra-violet, ______
29. Un - ‘not, against’ as in unable, ______,______
30. Under - ‘too little’ as in under load, _______, _______
31. Multi - ‘having many of’ as in multicoloured, ________, ________
Fill in the blanks with suitable prefixes to get the meaning given against each word:
Examples:
a. thermo nuclear – nuclear reaction at very high temperatures
b. bio medical - +relating to how biology affects medicine
c. self reliant – able to decide things by oneself
d. nano technology – relating to very small structures
Activity:
1. ____sonic : having a speed greater than that of sound
2. ____sonic : having wavelength beyond the violet end of the spectrum.
3. ____standard : not having the required or normal quality
4. ____tension : abnormal blood pressure.
5. ____locate : displace
6. ________forestation : clearing or destroying of forest
7. ________forestation : forming or making of forest
8. ___applicable : cannot be applied
9. ____racial : a nation having many race of people
10. ____practical : not practical
11. ____function : not working properly
12. ____little : make something or someone unimportant
13. ____number : more than something or crowded or above the margin by number
14. ____power : give more power
15. ____sect : division within
16. ____official : not official
17. ____market : shop where everything is a available
18. ____spection : look into oneself or look within
19. ____developed : a nation not fully developed
20. ____natal : existing before birth
21. ____humanize : take away human qualities
22. ____conductivity : property having zero electrical resistance
23. ____governing : autonomous or governing on their own
24. ____impose : an image placed over another image
25. ____bearable : that cannot be tolerated or endured
Suffixes
1. Suffixes like – ant, - ator, - er, - ist, - or are added to form personal nouns.
Immigrate – immigrant
Terminate – Terminator
Conduct – conductor
Perform – Performer
Education – Educationist
2. Suffixes – ance, ence, -action, - ion, - ism, - ment, - sion, - tion, - ty, - age, - ency –dom
-hood -ness -ship -logy can be used to form functional nouns..
Refer – reference immerse – immersion
Maintain – maintenance transparent – transparency
Invest – investment cultivate – cultivation
Tour – tourism secure – security
Examine – examination bond – bondage
3. Adjective are formed by adding suffixes like able, - al, - ical, - ing, - ive, - ory, - tic
Reason – reasonable collect – collective
Develop – developing transit – transitory
Paralyze – paralytic technology – technological
Environment – environmental preserve – preservative
4. Adverbs are generally formed by the addition of – ally, - ly, -ward, wise, - y to most of the
adjectives.
verb adjective adverb
comprehend comprehensible comprehensible
communicate communicative communicatively
develop developing/ developmentally
simplify simple simply
5. Verbs are generally formed by the addition of – ate, - en, ify, fy, ize, ise
Dedicate , enlighten, simplify, popularize,
Activity
A. Form noun from adjective:
1. able – 6. ecological -
2. brief – 7. pure -
3. frequent – 8. maintainable -
4. wide – 9. destructive -
5. active – 10. innovation –
B. Form noun from verb:
1. acquaint – 6. repeat -
2. allude – 7. recognize -
3. practice – 8. install -
4. own- 9. obey -
5. envelop – 10. publish –
11. protect – 17. develop -
12. inform – 18. deplete -
13. accept – 19. require -
14. prefer – 20. maintain -
15. amend – 21. specify -
16. attract - 22. generalize -
C. Form verb from the following words
1.list 6.priority
2.beauty 7.procurement
3.furniture 8.special
4.table 9.obedient
5. fresh 10.sailor
D. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms
Noun Adjective Person concerned
1. botany _______ botanist
2.______ statistical ___________
3. sociology ________ ___________
4. _______ astronomical ___________
5. _______ __________ economist
6. politics __________ ___________
7. _______ physical ____________
8. __________ technological ____________
9. organization __________ ____________
10. _________ ___________ conservationist
11. _________ linguistic ___________
12.metrrology __________ ____________
13. ________ ____________ diplomat
14. ________ mechanical ___________
15. ________ __________ industrialist
16. ecology _________ _________
17. __________ __________ geneticist
18. ______ scientific ________
19. ________ ___________ physiologist
20. ________ geographical __________
Rough Work:
