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Kristin Roslonski
EDCI 519
October 16, 2007
kroslons@gmu.edu
You can figure out the meanings of new words
by learning about the three (3) word parts:
roots –word bases
prefixes – word beginnings
suffixes – word endings
Let’s investigate!”
A root word is a base word. You can change the meaning of it
by adding suffixes and/or prefixes.
Let’s investigate!”
Suffixes come at the end of a word. Sometimes a suffix will
tell you what part of speech or tense a word is.