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    Here are 10 words using prefixes, suffixes or conversion: 1. Unhappy (prefix un-) 2. Teacher (conversion from teach) 3. Download (conversion from download) 4. Multitask (prefix multi-) 5. Happiness (suffix -ness) 6. Slowly (suffix -ly) 7. Reusable (prefix re-, suffix -able) 8. Kindness (suffix -ness) 9. Misunderstand (prefix mis-) 10. Helping (conversion from help)

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    Here are 10 words using prefixes, suffixes or conversion: 1. Unhappy (prefix un-) 2. Teacher (conversion from teach) 3. Download (conversion from download) 4. Multitask (prefix multi-) 5. Happiness (suffix -ness) 6. Slowly (suffix -ly) 7. Reusable (prefix re-, suffix -able) 8. Kindness (suffix -ness) 9. Misunderstand (prefix mis-) 10. Helping (conversion from help)

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    Here are 10 words using prefixes, suffixes or conversion: 1. Unhappy (prefix un-) 2. Teacher (conversion from teach) 3. Download (conversion from download) 4. Multitask (prefix multi-) 5. Happiness (suffix -ness) 6. Slowly (suffix -ly) 7. Reusable (prefix re-, suffix -able) 8. Kindness (suffix -ness) 9. Misunderstand (prefix mis-) 10. Helping (conversion from help)

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    Word formation-M3

     
    There are four main kinds of word formation: prefixes, suffixes, conversion and compounds.
    Prefixes
    We add prefixes before the base of a word.
    monorail, monolingual mono- means ‘one’

    multipurpose, multicultural multi- means ‘many’

    post-war, postgraduate post- means ‘after’

    unusual, undemocratic un- means ‘not’ or ‘opposite to’


    Suffixes
    We add suffixes after the base of a word.
    terrorism, sexism -ism and -dom are used to form nouns

    employer, actor -er and -or are used to form nouns to describe people who do things

    widen, simplify -en and -ify are used to form verbs

    reasonable,
    -able is used to form adjectives
    unprofitable

    unhappily, naturally -ly is a common suffix used to form adverbs


    Conversion
    Conversion involves the change of a word from one word class to another. For example, the
    verbs to email and to microwave are formed from the nouns email and microwave:
    Can you text  her? (verb from noun text, meaning to send a text-message)
    If you’re not careful, some downloads can damage your computer. (noun from verb download)
    All companies have their ups and downs. (nouns from prepositions)
    Compounding
    When we use compounding, we link together two or more bases to create a new word.
    The most common types of compounds are: Nouns: car park, rock band
    Adjectives: heartbreaking, sugar-free, airsick
    Verbs: oven-bake, baby-sit, chain-smoke
    Adverbs: good-naturedly, nevertheless
    Abbreviation
    Abbreviation involves shortening a word. We do this in three main ways: clipping, acronyms and
    blends.
    We use clipping when we shorten or ‘clip’ one or more syllables from a word. We also
    commonly clip proper names for people:
    ad: advertisement, advert
    lab: laboratory
    Matt: Matthew
    Acronyms are a type of abbreviation formed when the initial letters of two or more words are
    combined in a way that produces consonant and vowel sequences found in words. Acronyms are
    normally pronounced as words:
    RAM: random access memory (RAM is a term used to describe a computer’s memory.)
    Initials are similar to acronyms but are pronounced as sets of letters, not as words:
    WHO: World Health Organisation, pronounced W–H–O
    CD: compact disc, pronounced C–D
    We form blends when we combine parts of existing words to form a new word:
    blog: blend of web and log
    motel: blend of motor and hotel
    smog: blend of smoke and fog

    1. What are the negative forms of these words ?

    legal - polite - relevant - attractive - possible -

    successful - agree - like - formal - comfortable -

    regular - visible - moral - usual –

    2. Write the name-


    W.H.O-
    R.A.M.-
    C.D.
    BLOG-

    3. Write 10 words using prefixes, suffixes or conversion.

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