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    Judit López

    WORD FORMATION

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

     Dis-: Dislike, disrespect.


     In-: Inconvenience.
     Un-: Unconventional.
     Il-: Illiterate.
     Im-: Imperfect.
     Ir-: Irrelevant, irrational.

    2. WHEN STH HAPPEN.

     Pre-: Premature (before).


     Post-: Postgraduate (after).

    3. ATTITUDE.

     Pro-: pro-European (supporting).


     Anti-: anti-social (against).

    4. OTHER.

     Mis-: misbehave (badly/wrongly).


     Re-: rebuild (again).
     Inter-: Interactive (between/among).
     Over-: Overview, oversee (from above).
     Under-: Underground, undermine (below).

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    Judit López
    WORD FORMATION

    Adding suffixes (Pg. 181-182).


    1. VERB – NOUN.

    SUFFIX VERB NOUN MEANING


    recruit recruitment Process or result of making or doing
    -ment
    develop development something.
    -ation accuse accusation
    -ition define definition
    Action or condition.
    -tion distract distraction
    -sion provide provision
    -er fight fighter
    Person/object that does something.
    -or sail sailor
    -ance acquaint acquaintance
    Action, a series of actions, or a state.
    -ence interfere interference
    Person/object causing or performing
    -ant contest contestant
    the action.
    -al arrive arrival Add the meaning “the action of”.
    -ee train trainee Person affected by the verb.

    2. ADJECTIVE – NOUN.

    SUFFIX ADJECTIVE NOUN MEANING


    -ance significant significance
    Adjectives ending in –ant/-ent.
    -ence convenient convenience
    -ness ready readiness Quality or condition.
    diverse diversity
    -ity Ability.
    liable liability

    3. NOUN – ADJECTIVE.

    SUFFIX NOUN ADJECTIVE MEANING


    -y filth filthy “Like the started thing”.
    Having the stated quality to a high
    -ful fruit fruitful
    degree, or causing it.
    -ous number numberous
    -less use useless Being without something.
    -al nutrition nutritional Add the meaning “connected with”.
    -ic idealist idealistic
    What a person, thing or action is like.
    -ish snob snobbish
    -proof water waterproof Cannot be harmed by.

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    Judit López
    WORD FORMATION

    4. NOUN – NOUN.

    SUFFIX NOUN NOUN MEANING


    Describe social, political or religious
    -ism material materialism
    beliefs, studies or ways of behaving.
    violin violinst People with a particular expertise, set
    -ist
    therapy therapist of beliefs or way of behaving.
    Having the rank, position, skill or
    -ship friend friendship
    relationship of the stated type.
    neightbor neightborhood The state of being a particular type of
    -hood
    brother brotherhood person.
    king kingdom  Real or territory.
    -dom
    free freedom  State or condition.

    5. ADJECTIVE/NOUN – VERB.

    SUFFIX ADJECTIVE/NOUN VERB MEANING


    -ise generalise/
    general “To cause to become”.
    -ize generalize
    -ify clear clearify “To cause to become or to increase”.
    red reden
    -en Cause to have a quality.
    wid widen

    6. VERB – ADJECTIVE.

    SUFFIX VERB ADJECTIVE MEANING


    -able sustain sustainable “Able to receive the action” or “worth
    -ible neglect negligible receiving the action”
    -ed bias biased
    -ing grip gripping
    -ent persist persistent
    “Showing the ability to perform the
    -ive exclude exclusive
    activity”.

    7. ADJECTIVE – ADVERB.

    SUFFIX ADJECTIVE ADVERB


    -ly immense immensely
    -ally heroic heroically

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

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