Sunday 10 January 2016

Build-a-word activity

Sometimes it is difficult to remember which suffix or prefix is suitable for one concrete word. This exercise helps refresh your vocabulary greatly. And it's fun!
Here's the list of prefixes and suffixes:
un          pre          dis       er        (e)d       ing       (e)s       ion        ly       able
And the list of words:
appear   teach   book   learn    order   direct   relate   trust   accept   abbreviate   agree   celebrate   able   aware   comfort   arrange
 So, how many words can you make?
I have added 79.
appear
Disappear, appeared, appearing, appears, disappeared, disappearing, disappears
teach
Pre-teach, teacher, teaching, teaches, teachable
book
Pre-book, the Booker Prize, booked, booking, books, bookable
learn
Learner, learned, learning, learns
order
Disorder, ordered, disordered, ordering, orders, disorders, orderly, disorderly
direct
Direction, directly
relate
Related, relating, relates, relation
trust
Trusted, trusting, trustingly, trusts
accept
Accepted, accepting, accepts, acceptable, unacceptable
abbreviate
Abbreviated, abbreviation, abbreviates, abbreviating
agree
Disagree, agreed, disagreed, agrees, disagrees, agreeable, disagreeable
celebrate
Celebrated, celebrating, celebration
able
Unable, disable, disabled, disabling
aware
Unaware, unawares
comfort
Discomfort, discomforts, comforted, discomforted, comfortable, uncomfortable, comforter, comforters, comforting, comfortingly
arrange
Disarrange, arranger, arranges, arranged

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