G4-Grammar

Affixes Worksheet Meanings of Common Prefixes and Suffixes

Affixes are parts added to words to modify their meaning, and they can be divided into prefixes, suffixes, and infixes. Here’s a breakdown of some common prefixes and suffixes with their meanings:

Prefixes:

un-: Not, opposite of
- Example: happy → unhappy (not happy)
re-: Again, back
- Example: do → redo (do again)
pre-: Before
- Example: view → preview (view before)
dis-: Not, opposite of
- Example: agree → disagree (not agree)
in- / im-: Not, into
- Example: visible → invisible (not visible)
- Example: possible → impossible (not possible)
mis-: Wrong, badly
- Example: understand → misunderstand (understand wrongly)
ex-: Out, away
- Example: port → export (send out)
sub-: Under, below
- Example: marine → submarine (underwater vehicle)
trans-: Across, beyond
- Example: form → transform (change completely)
auto-: Self
- Example: biography → autobiography (a self-written life story)

Suffixes:

-ing: Denotes an action or process
- Example: run → running (the act of running)
-ed: Past tense of verbs
- Example: walk → walked (completed action in the past)
-ly: Characteristic of
- Example: quick → quickly (in a quick manner)
-ness: State or quality of
- Example: happy → happiness (the state of being happy)
-ment: Action or result of
- Example: achieve → achievement (the result of achieving)
-able / -ible: Capable of being
- Example: read → readable (able to be read)
- Example: access → accessible (able to be accessed)
-ful: Full of
- Example: joy → joyful (full of joy)
-er / -or: One who does an action
- Example: teach → teacher (one who teaches)
- Example: act → actor (one who acts)
-ion / -tion: Action or process
- Example: inform → information (the action of informing)
-ity: State or quality
- Example: active → activity (the state of being active)