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A.  Add suitable prefixes to these words and form their antonyms.

                       1. interested                                   2.  do

                       3. visible                                      4.  legible

                       5. sane                                         6.  like

                       7. important                                    8.  responsible

                       9. usual                                       10.  possible

                      11. available                                   12.  trust

                      13. justice                                     14.  qualified

                      15. ability                                     16.  replaceable


                  B.  Add suitable prefixes to these words.

                       1.                head                          2.                 spelled

                       3.                atomic                        4.                 operate

                       5.                do                            6.                 heat

                       7.                charge                        8.                 view

                       9.                board                        10.                 scope

                      11.                cellular                     12.                 write


                      13.                heat                         14.                 national




                           A suffix is a letter or a set of letters that is added at the end of a word. For
                         example, readable, rainy, action, weakness, improvement.


                  Now, study the table to understand the use of suffixes.


                         Suffix                      Meaning                            Examples

                     -acy                state or quality                    democracy, accuracy

                     -al                 the action or process of            remedial, trial

                     -ance, -ence        state or quality of                 nuisance, ambience

                     -dom                place or state of being             freedom, boredom






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