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Chapter: 8th English : Unit 3 : Prose : Sir Issac Newton - The Ingenious Scientist

Vocabulary

Prefix: A prefix is an affix which is placed before the root word. Adding it to the beginning of one word changes it into another word. Suffix: A suffix is an affix which is placed after the root word. These suffixes change the meaning or grammatical function of a root word. Syllabification : Syllabication is the act, process, or method of forming or dividing words into syllables. It is splitting of words according to the syllables or unit of sounds or vowel sounds.

Vocabulary

 

Prefix and Suffix

Prefix

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the root word. Adding it to the beginning of one word changes it into another word. For example, when the prefix un-is added to the word happy, it creates the new word unhappy.


Exercise

a. Underline the prefix in each word in the boxes


Answer:

unlock , distrust , rewrite , untrue , dislike , unhook , unsafe , unlucky , remix , disown , relocate , disclose 

 

Suffix

A suffix is an affix which is placed after the root word. These suffixes change the meaning or grammatical function of a root word.


Example:

fat + er =fatter

drive + ing =driving

change + able = changeable

use +less = useless

beauty +ful =beautiful

lie +ing = lying

 

b. Pick a suitable prefix and suffix from the given box and complete the following words.

able, ful, ly, sub, ion, un, tri, re, im, mis


Answer:

Recall

Comfortable

Subcategory

Misunderstand

Improper

Successful

Equally

Tricolor

Construction

newly

 

Syllabification

Syllabication is the act, process, or method of forming or dividing words into syllables. It is splitting of words according to the syllables or unit of sounds or vowel sounds. It has six types. They are:

1. Monosyllabic 2. Disyllabic (or) Bisyllabic 3.Trisyllabic 4. Tetrasyllabic 5. Pentasyllabic 6. Polysyllabic (or) Multisyllabic.

The process of dividing words into smaller parts or syllables is called 'Syllabification'.



 

a. Syllabify the following words

1. education : ed-u-ca-tion

2. school school

3. college col-lege

4. english Eng-lish'

5. opportunity op-por-tu-ni-ty

6. friend friend

7. teacher teach-er

8. simultaneously si-mul-ta-ne-ous-ly

9. laboratory lab-o-ra-to-ry

10. beneficiary ben-e-fi-ci-ar-y


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