Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. AMELIA: Hello. My name's Amelia. In this video, we will look at how to take words you already know ...

Learn bow to use prefixes and suffixes to break big words down into understandable word parts. Learn bow to use word parts, like prefixes and suffixes, to break big words down into understandable ...

KS2 English Prefixes and suffixes learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

A version of this story ran in 2012; it has been updated for 2025. This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as 11 Suffixes That Gave Us New (And Often Terrible) Words.

Note that splinters are not suffixes. In the previous example, “-tainment” isn’t a suffix, although “-ment” is a suffix having to do with an action or the result of an action.

When you add a suffixes and the second syllable of the new word is stressed, then you need to double the 'r'. For example, adding the suffix -ed to the word 'prefer': prefer + -ed → prefe rr ed ...

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