Suffixes in English
This lesson teaches what suffixes are and how they change the meaning of root words. Students will learn to identify different suffixes and use them to form new words and sentences. Examples of noun suffixes and their meanings will be discussed.
- 00:10 “Good day, everyone. My name is Ajibola John and I'm your English teacher. The topic before us today is vocabulary development. The soft topic is suffix, suffix, right? Now, the performance objective for this lesson are a...”
- 00:55 “What is a suffix? Now, suffix is a muffin, added at the end of the word to form a derivative. Example, action, phi, in, i, n, g, in, it is, i, t, i, s, it is, all right? Now, this suffix is change the meaning or grammati...”
- 06:22 “of Christian Ronaldo winning another Balundi or, all right? Good. Now, equality, the state of being equal, especially in status, rights or opportunities, equality. Still using the noun suffixes, i-t-y, we have the word a...”
Prefixes and Root Words
This lesson teaches what prefixes are and how they function in word formation. Students will learn to identify basic root words and use prefixes to create antonyms. The concept of morphemes as the smallest units of sound will also be explained.
- 08:21 “on. So that's what the saying is is a prefix is a suffix. That is a muffin, a pronounceable in our son, which is placed before the stem. And what is the stem? The stem is what remains of a word. When any inflection that...”
- 11:13 “Now, we have examples of prefix, examples of prefix. Number one on the list is engulf. Engulf means to be overwhelmed. Engulf means, you know, to be surrounded. That's what it means. Now, we have engulf, engulf, engulf....”
- 01:34 “move straight to the content. What is a prefix? Please don't get carried away by the way it is spelled. And then that should not be pronounced as prefix. It is prefix. What is a prefix? A prefix is an affix. In brackets,...”