1. What is prefixation? examples?
- Prefixation is a way of word formation, building new words by adding an affix to the
front of the root.
- Ex: Kind _ Unkind
Centralize _ De-centralize
2. How are prefixes classified? examples?
- Prefixes can be classified according to different principles
+ Semantic classification
a. prefixes of negative meaning, such as: in-(invaluable), non-(nonformals), un-
(unfree),...
b. prefixes denoting repetition or reversal actions, such as: de-(decolonize), re-
(revegetation), dis-(disconnect)
c. prefixes denoting time, space, and degree relations, such as: inter-(interplanetary),
hyper-(hypertension), ex-(ex-student)
+ Origin of prefixes:
a. Native (Germanic), such as: for-, un-, over-, out-, under-, etc.
b. Romanic, such as: in-, de-, ex-, re-, etc.
c. Greek such as: poly-, hyper-, mega-, macro-, sym-, etc.
d. Latin: post-, bi-, sub-, ultra-, de-, dis-, non-, mal-
3. Prefixation is to create word(s) of the same part of speech. true or false?
examples?
- True. Affixes can change a word's part of speech. Affixes are morphemes that are added
to the beginning (prefixes) or end (suffixes) of a word to modify its meaning or
grammatical function. When affixes are added to a word, they can change the word's part
of speech. For example:
+ Adding the prefix "un-" to the word "happy" changes it from an adjective to an
adjective, creating the word "unhappy."
+ Adding the suffix "-ly" to the adjective "quick" changes it to an adverb, creating the
word "quickly."
- In these examples, the affixes have changed the part of speech of the original words.
This demonstrates how affixes can modify and transform a word's meaning and function
within a sentence. So, the statement that affixes can change a word's part of speech is
true.
V. Which word is the odd one out in each set and why?
1, legible, loyal, legal, legitimate
2, insert, internal, inedible, income
3, uncomfortable, unlock, unfold, unzip
4, extract, ex-wife, ex-communicative, exhale
5, worship, kinship, friendship, partnership
Set 1: legible, loyal, legal, legitimate
Odd word: loyal
Reason: While the others relate to law or legality, "loyal" refers to faithfulness or
devotion.
Set 2: insert, internal, inedible, income
Odd word: Income
Reason: The others relate to the idea of being inside or within, while "income"
refers to money earned.
Set 3: uncomfortable, unlock, unfold, unzip
Odd word: uncomfortable
Reason: The others are verbs indicating actions of opening or releasing, while
"uncomfortable" is an adjective describing a feeling.
Set 4: extract, ex-wife, ex-communicative, exhale
Odd word: exhale.
Reason: While the others relate to the prefix "ex" meaning "former" or "out,"
"exhale" refers to the act of breathing out.
Set 5: worship, kinship, friendship, partnership
Odd word: worship.
Reason: The others are nouns related to interpersonal relationships, while
"worship" refers to religious devotion or reverence.
VI arch- (chief, main, highest-ranking) out- (more, better, etc. than) mal- (badly,
wrongly) pseudo- (false, pretended)
Put each of the above prefixes in its correct space in the sentences below.
(a) In my opinion this book is just …….-intellectual rubbish.
(b) Although he was older than his wife, he ……………..lived her by ten years.
(c) Priests are not often ambitious men, but he had set his heart on becoming
……………….bishop.
(d) The launch of the space-rocket was delayed by a ………. function in the fuel system.
(e) At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Britain's ……..-enemy was France.
(f) He completely ………. boxed his opponent and knocked him out in the seventh round.
(g) Children who grow up in time of war are more likely to be …….adjusted than other
children.
(h) He uses …….....-scientific language to persuade his readers.
(i) These squalid, dark, cramped, ………odorous rooms are homes to whole families of
people.
(j) She was the finest dancer in the country. She ……..shone all the others.
a) pseudo-intellectual
b) out-lived
c) archbishop
d) malfunction
e) arch-enemy
f) out-boxed
g) maladjusted
h) pseudo-scientific
i) malodorous
j) out-shone
