PARTS OF SPEECH, PREFIXES,

SUFFIXES, AND COMPOUND WORDS

Prefixes are those groups of letters that are added to the beginning of a word to
change its meaning. Each prefix has its own meaning, as seen in the table below.
Examples of prefix use:

· Dis + agree = changes agree to not

in agreement
· Mis + take = changes take to take
something wrongly, or the wrong way
· Im + patient = changes patient to not
patient
· Pre + arrange = changes an
arrangement into something that was
arranged in well in advance, or ahead
of time.
· Re + write = changes write to second
or third writing in order to make
changes
· Un + decided = changes decide to
the absence of a decision.

Suffixes are groups of letters

affixed to the end of a word to
change its meaning. Like prefixes,
suffixes have their own meaning.
Examples of words with suffixes added:

· Admire + able = admirable, meaning something that is able to be admired or can be

admired.
· Black + en = to create a state of blackness
· Command + er = a person who commands
· Hope + full = being full of hope
· Breath + less = without breath, unable to catch one’s breath, out of breath
· Honest + ly = having the qualities of honesty
· Foolish + ness = the state of being foolish
1. AFTER READING THE TEXT SAY WHAT IT IS ABOUT, IN SPANISH

GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION SPANISH

 WORDS PARTS NOUN VERB ADJ ADV EQUIVALENT
PARTS

HEALTH HEAL - TH X DE SALUD

TREATMENTS TREAT-MENT-S X TRATOS

PRACTICAL PRACTIC-AL X PRÁCTICO

CAREFULLY CAREFUL-LY X CUIDADOSAM

ENTE

ENVIRONMENTS ENVIRON- X AMBIENTES,

MENT-S ENTORNOS

COSTLY COST-LY X COSTOSO

POWERFUL POWER-FUL X PODEROSO

EQUIPMENT EQUIP-MENT X EQUIPO

COLUMN A COLUMN DERIVED WORD SPANISH EQUIVALENT

B

DISCOR LY DISORDER PROBLEMA

PHYSIC ER PHYSICIANS MÉDICOS

PARTICULAR MENT PARTICULARLY PARTICULARMENTE

SENSITIZAT ITY SENSITIZATION SENSIBILIZACIÓN

EFFECT ION EFFECTIVE EFICAZ

REAL IVE RELATION REACCIÓN

DISCUSS IANS DISCUSSITY DISCUSIÓN

TREAT ATION TREATMENT TRATAMIENTO

COMPOUND WORDS

COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COMPOUND WORD SPANISH EQUIVALENT

BACK PAPER BACKBONE COLUMNA VERTEBRAL

BED END BEDROOM HABITACIÓN

FIRE BONE FIREMEN BOMBEROS

MAIL SPOON

SAND BOOK

FIRE GREEN

NEWS ROOM

ARM WATER

CROSS YARD

DRUG PLACE

EVER SAND

GRAVE BOAT

PASS CHAIR

QUICK PAPER

SALT ROAD

TABLE MEN

WHEEL CHAIR

YEAR PORT

WEEK BOX

SPEED STORE