Suffixes's Video

Prefixes's Video

Prefixes and Suffixes's Song - With the style of Katy Perry

Prefixes and Suffixes's Video

Prefixes and Suffixes's Tutorial


We have the following tutorial where You can practice and learn more about the topic of our Prefixes and Suffixes's blog:

http://www.ezschool.com/Tutorials/PrefixSuffix/Prefix.html

Leave your comments about how you found our blog!!!!

Practical exercises

Suffixes roots and List of English suffixes with examples

List of Suffixes
Common Suffix
Word Ending
Examples & List of Common Suffixes
-able
-ad
-ade
-age
-agogy
-al
-al
-ality
-an
-ance
-ancy
-ant
-ant
-ar
-ar
-ard
-ary
-ary
-arch
-archy
-ate
-ate
-ate
-athlon
-ation
-ative
-atory
-bound
-cide
-city
-cy
-cycle
-dom
-ectomy
-ed
-ee
-eer
-eme
-en
-en
-ence
-ency
-ent
-ent
-eous
-er
-ergy
-ern
-ery
-ese
-esque
-ess
-etic
-fare
-ful
-gon
-gry
-holic
-hood
-ia
-iable
-ial
-ian
-iant
-iate
-ible
-ibly
-ic
-ical
-ics
-id
-ier
–ify
-ile
-illion
-ious
-ing
-ing
-ion
-ish
-ism
-ist
-ite
-itive
-itude
-ity
-ium
-ive
-ization / isation
-ize / ise
-land
-less
-like
-ling
-ly
-man
-ment
-meter
-metry
-mony
-most
-nesia
-ness
-ocracy
-ography
-ologist
-ology
-onomy
-or
-ory
-ose
-ous
-phone
-scope
-ship
-shire
-sion
-some
-ster
-t
-th
-tion
-ty
-uary
-ulent
-ward
-wise
-wright
-y
Comfortable
Triad
Blockade
Garage
Pedagogy
Focal
Appraisal
Sexuality
Urban
Annoyance
Vacancy
Relevant
Assistant
Linear
Liar
Wizard
Military
Dictionary
Monarch
Anarchy
Fortunate
Certificate
Concentrate
Decathlon
Concentration
Lucrative
Laboratory
Outbound
Suicide
Atrocity
Diplomacy
Hydrocycle
Kingdom
Vasectomy
Bored
Employee
Privateer
Morpheme
Leukemia
Golden
Independence
Frequency
Different
Resident
Courteous
Writer
Energy
Southern
 Machinery
Chinese
Picturesque
Actress
Sympathetic
Warfare
Hopeful
Pentagon
Angry
Alcoholic
Brotherhood
Mania
Sociable
Special
Italian
Defiant
Deviate
Incredible
Responsibly
Historic
Historical
 Economics
Candid
Cashier
Clarify
Tactile
Million
Ambitious
Playing
Action
Foolish, Tallish
English
Buddhism
Dentist
Socialite
Sensitive
Attitude
Formality
Calcium
Aggressive
Organization/Organisation
Idolize/Idolise
Finland
Careless
Childlike
Duckling
Monthly
Fireman
Government
Thermometer
Geometry
Testimony
Innermost
Polynesia
Kindness, Darkness
Democracy
Photography
Archaeologist
Biology
Astronomy
Governor
History
Glucose
Nervous
Telephone
Telescope
Friendship
Oxfordshire
Decision
Awesome
Gangster
Burnt
Growth
Introduction
Loyalty
January
Fraudulent
Inward
Clockwise
Playwright
Sunny

Prefixes Roots and List of English Prefixes with examples




Prefix
General Meaning
Example
a(n)-
not , without
atonality , asexuality , amoral , anarchy
ab-
away
abduction , absolutism , ablution
ac-
acr(o)-
high, up
Acropolis
aden(o)-
aer(o)-
air
aeronautics , aerodrome , aeroplane , aerodynamics
agr(o)-
relating to farming
agriculture
an-
an(a)-
out of
anachronism
an(o)-
andr-
man
androgyny , androcentrism , android , androgen
anem-
Anglo-
English or British
Anglo-Irish relations, anglophile
ante-
before
antebellum
anthrop(o)-
relating to human beings
anthropology , anthropocentrism , anthropomorphic
ant(i)-
against
antidote , antibody , anticlockwise
aut(o)-
self
autonomy , autobiography , automobile , autopilot
bar(o)-
atmosphere
bathy-
deep
Bathyscape , Bathysphere
be-
completely, thoroughly; excessively; on; around; about; used to form transitive verbs
bi-
two
bicycle , bijection , bilingual , bicameralism , bisexuality
bi(o)-
life
biology , biography , biosphere , biotechnology
bibli(o)-
relating to books
bibliophilia , bibliography
blast(o)-
brady-
slow
bradycardia
brom(o)-
bronch(o)-
relating to breathing
bronchitis
cac(o)-
cardi(o)-
heart
cardiovascular
cent-, centi -
hundred or hundredth
centenary, centimeter, centipede
cephal(o)-
chrom(o)-, chromat(o)-
chron(o)-
time
chronology, chronograph
circum-
around
circumcision, circumnavigation, circumlocution, circumference
cion(o)-
co-
together
cooperative, cohabit
colpo-
com-, con-, col-, cor-
with, together
conference , connotation , context , Congress , congregation
contr(a)-, contr(o)
against, opposite
contradiction , contraception , controversy
cosm(o)-
cosmology , cosmopolitan , cosmotheism
counter-
against, opposite
counterpoint , counterweight , Counter-Reformation
crin(o)-
cry(o)-
frost , icy cold
cryogenics , cryoelectronics , cryostorage
crypt(o)-
hidden
cryptography , cryptozoology
cyt(o)-
hollow, receptacle, cell
cytoplasm , cytology
dactyl(o)-
de-
taking something away, the opposite
decentralisation , deforestation , dehydration
dec(a)-, dek(a)-
ten
decamerous
deci -
one tenth
deciliter
dem(o)-
people, nation
demographics , democracy
derm(o)-, derm(a)-, dermat-
skin
dermatology , dermatitis
di-
two , double
didact(o)-
apt at teaching
dynam(o)-
power , force
dynamic , dynamite , dynamo
dis-
reverse , opposite
dissent , discovery , disambiguation
dox(o)-
Doxology
dys-
bad, deformed, abnormal
dyspepsia , dystrophy , dysarthria
eco-
house
economy , ecology , ecosystem , ecotourism , ecotage
ecto(s)-
outside
ectoskeleton
edaph(o)-
electr(o)-
electricity
electrocution
embry(o)-
full
encephal(o)-
brain
encephalitis
end(o)-, ent(o)-
enne(a)-
nine
enneastyle
enter(o)-
eo-
dawn, early
eobacterium
ep(i)-, eph-
above
epitaxy
erg(o)-
ergonomics
erythr(o)-
erot(o)-
stom(o)-, stomat(o)-
ethn(o)-
ethnology , ethnolinguistics , ethnocentrism
eu-
good
eulogy , euthanasia , eugenics , euphemism
ex-
former
ex-wife, ex-president
ex(o)-
outside
exoskeleton
extra-
very, more than usual, outside, beyond
extra-thin, extra-special
extraordinary, extraterrestrial
flor(i)-
relating to flowers
florist
fore-
before, in advance
foreskin , foreshadowing
gyn-
female
gynaecology , gynoid
hemi-
half
hemimetabolous
hex(a)-
six
hexapod
hyper-
excessive, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)
hyperactive , hyperthyroidism
hyp(o)-
below, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)
hypodermic
in-
extremely
inflammable , invaluable
in-, il-, im-, ir-
not
infallibility , illiteracy , immoral , irrelevant
inter-
between, from one to another
intervention , international
intra-
within, interior
intramural, intravenous
kilo -
thousand
kilogram , kilowatt
mal-
bad, badly
malpractice , malnutrition
maxi-
most, very, large
maxi-dress
mega -, megal-
million , very large
megabyte , megaphone
meta-
after, beyond
metacarpal , metaphysics
micro -
one millionth, very small
microgram , microorganism , micronation
mid-
in the middle of
mid-term elections , Mid-Autumn Festival , Mid-Atlantic Ridge
milli -
thousandth
milligram , milliliter
mini-
small
miniskirt , miniscule
mis-
bad , wrong
miscarriage , misanthropy , misogyny
mon(o)-
one , single
monolith , monorail , monotony , monocle
multi-
many
multiculturalism , multilingual
non-
not
nonsense, non-denial denial
non-
nine
none, nonagon
oct(o)-, oct(a)-
eight
octane , octopod , octagon
oo- (" oo -oh")
egg, ovum
oocyte
out-
more, to  a  greater degree
to outdo, to outrun
over-
more than normal, too much
overpopulation , over-consumption
pent(a)-
five
pentagon
post-
after
Post-Fordism , postpartum depression , postmodernity , postmodernism
pre-
before
prediction , preview , precedent , prenatal care
pro-
for, in favour of
pro-choice, pro-life, promotion
quadr-, quart-
four
quadrangle , quadruplet , quartic , quartile
quin(que)-
five , into five parts
quinquesection
quint(i)-
fifth , five
quintiped
re-
again, repeatedly
reduction , reflection , revolution
rect(i)-
proper, straight
rectify, rectangle
scler(o)-
hard
scleroderma atherosclerosis
semi-
half
semi-automatic , semi-detached
sept(a)-
seven
heptachord
sex(i)-
six
sexivalent
Sino-
Chinese
Sino-American relations
spasm(o)-
sperm(o)-, spermat(o)-
spher(o)-
sphygm(o)-
pulso
sphygmomanometer
splen(o)-
splanchn(o)-
schiz(o)-, schist(o)-
split
schizophrenia , schistocyte
staphyl(o)-
styl(o)-
pillar
sub-
below, less than, under,(least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)
subset , subsonic , subway , subtitles
super-
extremely, more than, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)
superhuman , Superego , supersonic
syn-
along with, together, at the same time
synergy , synchronicity
tach(y)-, tach(o)-
fast, speed
tachycardia , tachometer
tel(e)-, tel(o)-
far, over  a  long distance
telecommunications , television , telephoto lens , telodynamic
tel(o)-, tel(e)-
end, complete, mature
teloblast
trans-
across, beyond
transfer , transubstantiation , transatlantic , Trans-Siberian railway
tri-
three
triangle , tricolor , triptych
ultra-
extremely, beyond  a  certain limit
Ultramontanism , ultraviolet
un-
not, opposite, take something away
unconstitutional , undelete
uni-
one , single
uniform , unification
ur-
first, original
urtext
zoo- (" zoo -oh")
relating to animals
zoomorphic , zoology