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Roots and Affixes

Roots and Affixes. By: Ms. Spanos. 1. – ar 2. – er 3. -or. means, “one who” Ex: liar, teacher, helper, shopper, father, mother, officer, constructor, conductor, doctor, builder, firefighter. 4. dis -. means, “apart” or “the opposite of”

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Roots and Affixes

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  1. Roots and Affixes By: Ms. Spanos

  2. 1. –ar 2. –er 3. -or means, “one who” Ex: liar, teacher, helper, shopper, father, mother, officer, constructor, conductor, doctor, builder, firefighter

  3. 4. dis- means, “apart” or “the opposite of” Ex: disrespect, disappointed, disorder, dislike, dismiss, disconnect,

  4. 5. -en means “to become” Ex: tighten, eaten, given, open, written, fasten

  5. 6. -ful means, “full of” Ex: thankful, wonderful, grateful, graceful, helpful, beautiful, careful, hurtful

  6. 1. -ly means “the way you do something” Ex: lovely, ugly, kindly, daily, friendly, barely, slowly

  7. 2. re- means “ again” Ex: rewrite, redo, replay, reunited, reconstruct, retry,

  8. 3. un- means “not” Ex: unbelievable, unhappy, unclean, undo, unclear

  9. 4. -y means “having or being” Ex: happy, scary, yummy, windy, juicy, naughty, glossary, sunny, cloudy, rainy

  10. -er means “more,” “not,” or “one who” Ex: bigger, taller, faster, sillier, better, slower, crazier,

  11. - est means “most” Ex: biggest, tallest, fastest, silliest, best, slowest, craziest

  12. - less means “without” Ex: helpless, careless, thoughtless, hopeless, useless,

  13. - ed means “past” Ex: jumped, wrestled, played, hopped, cooked, listened, happened

  14. - ing means “now” Ex: running, cleaning, jumping, playing, wrestling, hiding, laughing

  15. -s, -es means “more than one; plural” Ex: dogs, ducks, trees, cars, games, cats, boats, puppies,

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