Dividing words into parts Flashcards
1
Q
You can work out what many words mean by?
A
Dividing them into parts
2
Q
teacher =
A
teach + er
3
Q
unbeaten =
A
un + beat +en
4
Q
Clues
dis - means
A
not or the opposite
eg: dissaprove
disappeared - further
5
Q
What does ed at the end of a word show?
A
That it happened already
eg: walked, talked
6
Q
milli means?
A
one thousandth
eg: millimetre
7
Q
Many adverbs are formed by adding -ly to a adjective
Give examples.
A
quiet + ly = quietly
soft + ly = softly
hard + ly = hardly
nervous + ly = nervously
