Thursday, March 27, 2014

Magical Study Guide for Prefixes and Suffixes

Magical Study Guide for Prefixes and Suffixes

Magical Study Guide You need a half sheet of card stock, and two strips of paper that are 2" x 5 1/2".

1. Fold your larger paper hamburger style and then *again
so you have 4 sections. *(Fold the ends to the center.)

2. Lay it out flat, and then refold it just in half.

3. Use a ruler to measure and mark every .5 (1/2) inch.
Make a mark on the folded edge and on the open fold.

4. Use the ruler to connect these lines with a straight
pencil mark.

5. Use scissors to cut along the straight pencil lines all
the way from the folded edge to the open fold.

6. Weave the smaller strips of paper through
the cut portions.
One strip will be woven in the opposite way
from the other.

7. Fold your study guide into a "W" and gently open the middle. On each strip of the left side, write one of the following prefixes. Opposite from that, write its meaning.


Prefix
Meaning
anti-
against
dis-
not, opposite of
in-, im-, il-, ir-
not
in-, im-
in
inter-
between
pre-
before
re-
again
sub-
under
trans-
across
un-
not




8. Unfold your study guide, and fold it the opposite way into a "W," and gently open the middle. On each strip on the left side, write one of the following suffixes.
Opposite from that, write its meaning.


Suffix
Meaning
-ing
present participle
(verb*)
-ed
past tense (verb)
-ion, -tion, ation,  -ition
act or process,  (noun)
-er, -or
one who, that which (noun)
-ment
action or process (noun)
-s, -es
more than one
(noun)
-en
made of (adjective)
-able, -ible
can be done  (adjective)
-er, -est
comparative (adjective)
-ly
characteristic of
(adverb)