Friendship
Root words and suffixes
Learn about root words, and how suffixes change them.
In 'The Chair', Mario is friendly, and suddenly he sits in mid-air. On page 65 your book, Poorvi, asks you to split words like these into two parts.
The main word is called the root Word. The letters added after it are called a SUFFIX. friendly = friend + ly. suddenly = sudden + ly. talking = talk + ing. carrying = carry + ing. called = call + ed. showed = show + ed.
On page 66 you add a suffix to a root word to make a new word: magic + al = magical, care + ful = careful, help + ful = helpful, wonder + ful = wonderful, laugh + ing = laughing, friend + ship = friendship, courage + ous = courageous.
Your book says: watch the spelling! Sometimes a root word changes a little when a suffix is added. celebrate + tion becomes celebration, not 'celebratetion'. But in courageous the e of courage stays. Always check how the new word is spelt.
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