Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Vocabulary Prefix / Suffix

Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Vocabulary Prefix / Suffix

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Vocabulary Prefix / Suffix

Prefixes are added to the beginning of a root word while suffixes are added to the end.
Prefixes

Exercises
Write the root word for the suffixes.
1. Write the root word for the suffix ‘ment’
Answer:
immobile

2. Write the root word for the suffix ‘al’.
Answer:
unnatural

3. Write the root word for the suffix ‘ful’.
Answer:
ignoble

4. Write the root word for the suffix ‘less’.
Answer:
misplaced

5. Write the root word for the suffix ‘ive’.
Answer:
enclose, encircle

6. Write the root word for the suffix ‘ian’.
Answer:
irrelevant

Suffixes

Exercises
Write the root word for the suffixes.
1. Write the root word for the suffix ‘ment’.
Answer:
development

2. Write the root word for the suffix ‘al’.
Answer:
approval

3. Write the root word for the suffix ‘ful’.
Answer:
painful

4. Write the root word for the suffix ‘less’.
Answer:
careless

5. Write the root word for the suffix ‘ive’.
Answer:
attract

6. Write the root word for the suffix ‘ian’.
Answer:
electrician. musician