RIC-20235 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 3 – Understanding and choosing words

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Prefixes Prefixes are groups of letters in front of a word that change its meaning and create a new word. Match the words and prefixes, then find the meanings of the new words. What do the prefixes un, re and tri mean? un re un tri re tri re tri un likely tell happy write pick tri ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy re un view cycle angle weekly fresh tie pod R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au 47 Primary grammar and word study
Understanding and choosing words Suffixes Focus Suffixes: ness, ment, less and ful Definition • A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a base word to change its meaning and form a new word. Explanation • The suffixes used in this exercise do not usually change the spelling of the base word and are a good starting point for learning about suffixes. • The suffix less usually changes a noun to an adjective and means ‘free from’ or ‘without’. When less is added to some verbs, such as ‘count’ and ‘harm’, it means the action ‘can’t be done’. • The suffix ful means something is ‘full of’ or ‘characterised by something’. • The suffix ness means ‘a state or quality of being’. It often converts adjectives to nouns. • The suffix ment means ‘an action or process’. • When ness, ful and less are added to words ending in y, the y is often changed to i. Example: merciless, cleanliness, clumsiness, bodiless, dutiful, beautiful, pitiful, fanciful Exceptions include ‘joyful’ and ‘playful’. • Knowing the meanings of common suffixes can help students work out the meaning of unfamiliar words. A sound knowledge of suffixes can also help students spell correctly and develop their vocabulary. An understanding of suffixes can, furthermore, help students identify which part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) a word belongs to. Worksheet information • Discuss suffixes with the students. Explain they are word parts at the end of some words and that when these word parts are added to a word, they change the meaning of the word, creating a new word. Also, we are better able to understand or spell new words if we can recognise and understand the meaning of suffixes. • Read the suffix definitions with the students. They then draw a line from the base words on the left to the suffixes on the right to form a new word. • Students then use the definitions provided in the boxes at the top of the worksheet to write definitions for the words they made in Question 2. Students may need dictionaries to check the words they have made are ‘real’ words. Ideas for further practice • Call out one of the suffixes. Students try to write as many words that end with that suffix during a set time period. • Write a list of words containing the focus suffixes on the board. Make a small number of cards with these words. One at a time, students take a card and mime the word. The other students try to guess the word the student is acting out. • Ask students to list some current songs with any of the above suffixes in the lyrics. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Answers 2. ageless, useful/useless, careful/careless, madness, payment, hopeless/hopeful, movement. 3. Teacher check. Answers will vary but definitions should include some of the words used in the suffix descriptions at the top of the worksheet. Primary grammar and word study 48 www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ®
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