L marl ~ WORD FORMATION There are certain prefixes (syllables put at the beginning of words) and suffixes (syllables put at the end of words) which are used fo form new words. However, there are no certain rules to follow to form one word or another. PREFIXES [__ANTI- against | antinuclear PRE- | _before Prejudge ' ; pro- |B two bilingual PRO- infavourot | Pre CO- with | cooperation RE- again rearrange z acting | decompositi . ‘ DE. aes coe SEMI half | semicircle x Before: | exgeneral suB- under | S¥Bconsciou & former 3 INTER- between peepee SUPER- above —_| supematural MONO- ‘one | monolingual TRANS- across*-_| transatlantic NON- not non-slop TRI- three | __ tricycle OVER- toomuch | overeat UNDER- | nof enough encores Post. after | Pestaradvat UNt- one unicycle There are certain prefixes which mean not or to show the opposite state or process: Dis- ___ disagree IL- (before 1) Hegat IN- incompetent IM- (before m or eee ee impossible MAL- ‘malfunction p) case UN- unbelievable IR- (before 1) SUFFIXES r ~ with passive a ~~ | @) with the qualify EE meoniey employee ai ee chilcish | with active : : “ER eon _ employer _ b} rather smallish g) with careful “LESS without careless _| “FUL b) indicates i quantity spoonful “PROOF | safe against _ | waterproof Is describe people we add -ar/-er/-or to the end of the verbs or ast/ian fo the end of nouns or verbs making any necessary spelling changes: lie — lier | Tob — robber | | create — creator [ type ~ typist music — musician a1