Happy #morphememonday everyone! I have just about recovered from the flu so let’s get back on track for our morpheme mission.
Origin: Latin
Definition: not
Examples: immoral, immense, impertinent, immediate, immaculate
<im> + <pure> = impure
<im> + <prop> + <er> = improper
<im> + <pass> + <able> = impassable
<im> + <part> + <i> + <al> = impartial
<im> + <prove> +<ment> = improvement
- This prefix Drug overdoses killed more Americans last year than the Vietnam War nandrolone decanoate cvs health is sued over ‘clawbacks’ of prescription drug co-pays is a variant of the prefix <in> that is used before roots beginning with the letters b, m, or p.
- Explicitly teaching this prefix to students, especially to those that struggle with their phonological awareness, will help with their spelling. Some students will struggle to distinguish between the /m/ and /n/, second-guessing themselves when spelling. If they know that if the root begins with a b, m, or p than the correct spelling to use will be <im>.
Origin: Greek
Definition: time
Examples: chronotherapy, chronometer, chronicle, anachronistic, synchronicity
<chrono> + <bi> + <ology> = chronobiology
<chrono> + <photo> + <graph> = chronophotograph
<geo> + <chron> + <ic> = geochronic
<syn> + <chron> + <ize> = synchronize
<chrono> + <scope> = chronoscope
- Technically speaking, <chron>/<chrono> is considered to be a Greek combining form.
- This combining form is a good one to teach high school students as they will start to see it more frequently in their academic reading.
Origin: Old English
Definition: like, origin
Examples: ghoulish, selfish, feverish, clownish, publish
<fool> + <ish> = foolish
<gray> + <ish> = grayish
<out> + <land> + <ish> = outlandish
<boy> + <ish> = boyish
<style> + <ish> = stylish
- This suffix is quite common and one that younger students can enjoy learning.
- When teaching this suffix, remember to discuss that when affixing it to a base element that ends in an ‘e’, it should be dropped before adding the suffix
Last time, on January 13, 2020 the morphemes were the prefix <inter>, the root <port> and the suffix <ment>.
Next week, February 3, 2020, will feature the morphemes will be the prefix <tri>, the root <arch> and the suffix <ize>.
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