Langue anglaise · Ancient Civilizations

Word formation — suffixes & prefixes (verb/noun/adj derivation, opposites)

Turning achieve into achievement, and appear into its own opposite

  • Langues étrangères important
  • Lettres et philosophie important

6 minutes

Le contenu académique est en arabe, comme au BAC et comme dans l’application.

Ce que le programme attend de toi

  • Deriving nouns/adjectives from verbs with suffixes: -ic, -ty, -able, -ment, -y, -ing
  • Forming opposites with prefixes de-/dis-
  • Basic spelling rules when adding a suffix

La méthode

  1. Identify the root, then test which suffix category (noun/adj/verb) the sentence needs

Les erreurs fréquentes

  • Wrong suffix category (using a noun suffix where an adjective is needed)
  • dis- vs de- misuse

Extrait du cours

Egyptian engineers achieved something extraordinary: canals dug by hand, stone blocks dragged for miles, tombs cut deep into solid rock.

Le vocabulaire

  • achieve → achievement (إنجاز)
  • disappear (يختفي)
  • historic (تاريخي)

Ce qui n’est pas au programme

  • Full root/prefix/suffix table drilling (that generic skill lives in ENG-BAC-07-C05)

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