English · Exam Skills and Methodology
Word formation — root/prefix/suffix analysis & derivation table
Break English words down into their building blocks
6 minutes
The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.
What the syllabus expects from you
- Dividing a given word into root + prefix + suffix
- Completing a prefix/root/suffix table for 3-4 given words
- Circling silent letters in given words (orthography)
The method
- Strip known prefixes/suffixes first; what remains is the root
The common mistakes
- Misplacing a letter that belongs to the root as part of the suffix
The kind of exercise that comes up at the BAC
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Root/prefix/suffix table easy
3-4 words from the text → prefix/root/suffix table
From the lesson
Look at the word kind. Add one small piece to the front, or to the end, and the whole meaning shifts.
The vocabulary
- root (جذر)
- prefix (سابقة)
- suffix (لاحقة)