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Class: V Subject: English TOPIC: Prefixes and Suffixes

The document discusses prefixes and suffixes. It provides examples of common prefixes like "un-", "im-", "pre-", "dis-", "over-", and "under-" and their meanings. It also gives examples of suffixes like "-ful", "-ment", "-able", and "-less" and their meanings. There are exercises for students to add prefixes to root words to change their meanings and to fill in blanks with suitable suffixes. The purpose is to teach students about using prefixes and suffixes to modify words and their meanings.

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Class: V Subject: English TOPIC: Prefixes and Suffixes

The document discusses prefixes and suffixes. It provides examples of common prefixes like "un-", "im-", "pre-", "dis-", "over-", and "under-" and their meanings. It also gives examples of suffixes like "-ful", "-ment", "-able", and "-less" and their meanings. There are exercises for students to add prefixes to root words to change their meanings and to fill in blanks with suitable suffixes. The purpose is to teach students about using prefixes and suffixes to modify words and their meanings.

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CLASS: V SUBJECT: ENGLISH

TOPIC: Prefixes and Suffixes

DO IT IN YOUR REVISION REGISTER

Prefixes and Suffixes

A Prefix is a letter or a group of letters which appears before a root word. They form a
new word and can change its meaning too. For example, the prefix ‘un-‘ when added to
the word root word ‘kind’, forms a new word ‘unkind’, meaning ‘not kind’.
Some of the common Prefixes are:- un-, im-, pre-, dis-, over-, under-.

Prefix Usage Meaning


Un- untidy not neat
Im- impolite not polite
Dis- discover to find out
Pre- preheat heat something before
Over- overjoyed very happy
Under- underwater below the surface of the
water
Re- redo do again or differently

I. Add a prefix to the root word to create a new word. The root word is given in the bracket.

re- un- pre- over-

mis- dis- im- under-

1. I _________________ milk.(like)

2. Mom had to ______________ the oven to bake the cake. (heat)

3. The teacher asked me to ________ the project. (do)

4. The new restaurant serves tasty food but is ________________.(priced)

5. I had to wait till the guests left to ____________ my birthday presents. (wrap)
6. Our teacher told us not to _____________ on the field trip. (behave)

7. It is not _______________ for you to be the class topper. (possible)

8. The presence of harmful thing in ready to eat food is _______________ at any level.(acceptable)

9. Tasha can swim ________________ for over one minute. (water)

A suffix is a group of letters which is added after the root word and can change its
meaning. For example, on adding the letters ‘-ion’ to the word ‘act’ gives us the word
‘action’. Some of the suffixes used are :- ‘-ment’, ‘-less’, ‘-ful’, etc.

Suffix Usage Meaning

-ful beautiful full of


-ment movement the action of
-able comfortable having the quality of
-less fearless without something

II. Fill in the blanks with a suitable suffix taken from the box below.

-ful -ship -ment

-less

-less
1. My score was low because I made some __________ mistakes. (care)

-less was a __________


2. The sunset we saw over the mountains will not sight. (beauty)

3. Real _____________ is not easy to find. (friend)

4. A plant needs the correct ____________ to grow. (nourish)

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