Learn strategies to help decode words using prefixes and suffixes. Mrs. Mora teaches us how large words, like renewable, can be easily decoded by understanding word parts!

There are a few more prefixes and suffixes that go with a range of words. Learning which ones to use and with which words may seem hard at first, but with time, you'll learn to hear what sounds right.

Prefixes and suffixes can change the meaning of a word, making it plural or changing its tense. For example, ‘Farmer Frank can’t recall where he left his trailer so he’s gone to look for it.’ ...

By adding different suffixes, a range of new words can be formed. ... For example: Root/Base word: supervise. Suffix: -or. New word: supervisor. Here are some commonly used noun suffixes and what ...

Here are some further examples of adding suffixes -ed and -ing to words ending in 'fer'. Notice how the letter 'r' is doubled in the new word. Words ending in ‘fer’ ...

No, a splinter word isn’t any word involving wood; in fact, a splinter is part of a larger word used in forming a new “splinter” word. Take -holic, for example.