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PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

The text provides a comprehensive list of prefixes and suffixes used to form adjectives in the English language, explaining their meanings and providing examples. Prefixes such as "

PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

The first division between continents was made by ancient Greek navigators, who named them 'landmass, terra firma'.

Generally classified by convention rather than any strict criteria, nowadays seven regions are regarded as continents from a geopolitical point of view.

Suffixes to form adjectives

North America has five time zones and it is the only continent with every type of climate.

North America was named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci and is also known as the 'New World'.

The world's largest sugar exporter among the seven continents - Cuba - also called the 'sugar bowl of the world' is located here.

-ive

Festive, cooperative, sensitive

-ous
Having the quality of, relating to

Adventurous, courageous

-less
Without, missing

Worthless, careless, useless, hopeless

-ful
Having a characteristic

Helpful, colorful, useful

-ish
Having the character of, about, almost

Newish, reddish

-ing
Referring to an activity

Boring, interesting, fascinating

-ic

Generic, archaic, idealistic, historic

Animals

The specialty of some animals is they are found only in a particular region and nowhere else in the world. North America is home to many of such amazing animals.

Name at least 6.

Having the quality of

Bored, interested, fascinated

-ent/-ant

Native Americans have lived along this river and its tributaries for thousands of years. Most were hunter-gatherers, but some formed agricultural societies.

Formed from thick layers of the river's silt deposits, this river's embayment is one of the most fertile regions of the United States; steamboats were widely used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to ship agricultural and industrial goods.

Name this river.

Having a certain quality

Important, dependent, relevant

-al, -ial, -ical

The world's largest freshwater lake by surface area and the third-largest freshwater lake by volume can be found here. It provides a route for the transportation of iron ore, as well as grain and other mined and manufactured materials.

Large cargo vessels called lake freighters, as well as smaller ocean-going freighters, transport these commodities across this lake.

Name this lake.

Quality, relation

Professional, structural, national

-able/-ible

There are 23 countries that make up North America.

Name as many of you can! Don't forget about their capitals.

Worth, ability

Solvable, accessible, believable

Prefixes to form adjectives

Of the seven continents of the world, Africa is the second largest.

Africa comprises 54 countries and it is the hottest continent.

The equator passes through the middle of Africa and it receives direct sunlight throughout the year.

The world gets 66% of its chocolate, 50% of the gold and 95% of the diamonds from Africa.

trans-
Across

Transmarine

Transatlantic

inter-
Between

interdisciplinary

International

ultra-, super-, -hyper-
Extreme

ultrasound, hyperactive

Ultra-compact

dis-

What are the major animals found in Africa?
Also, there are a few species that can be found only in Africa.

Name at least 6 of these animals.

dissimilar, disabled

Dishonest, disloyal

un-

The largest hot desert in the world which used to be a lush region with many plants and animals.

The current climate makes it a difficult place for any life to exist. It is hot, dry, and windy.
Very hot during the day but the temperature can drop sometimes to below freezing at nights.

It rarely rains, some regions can go years without seeing a drop of rain.

Name this desert.

uninterested, unpleasant

Unusual, unhappy

il-, im-, ir-, in-

Out of 54, how many countries you can name?

How about these countries' capitals?

Not/opposite of

impolite, irrelevant, irrational

Illegal, Illegible, imperfect