Learn bow to use word parts, like prefixes and suffixes, to break big words down into understandable word parts. Special thanks to Great Lakes Now for the use of footage from their program ...

Take a trip with Mrs. Mora as she teaches us how prefixes and suffixes can help us understand challenging words related to travel. Aired 10/14/2024 About This Clip ...

Here’s another splinter: -tainment. We know that “entertainment” is something created or performed for the amusement of others. However, on its own, -tainment isn’t a word.

Some prefixes use hyphens to attach to a word. Some don’t. Some work better with an en dash than a hyphen. Many have strict rules on whether to hyphenate them.

Listening to the stress of the final syllable can help you when adding suffixes to words. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary KS2 English guide.

Suffixes aren’t words in the technical linguistic sense; they’re bound morphemes — parts of words that can’t stand alone. Merriam-Webster notes that the version of “-ism” without the ...