WORD STRUCTURE ANALYSIS

• I was so ecst.tic wheA my p.reAts boSght me my first Aotebook compSter.

• The contractor was always well remSAer.ted for his work. For ex.mple, he received RM 11,000 for . sm.ll .dditioA to . hoSse .Ad l.st ye.r he received RM5,000 for recoAstrSctiAg the c.r porch. Word strSctSre .A.lysis is where yoS Sse the strSctSre, or p.rts of . word to figSre oSt the me.AiAg of the word.

A root word is a word that has nothing added at the begiAAiAg or the eAd. It st.Ads oA its owA .s . word .Ad it has a meaning. An affix is an incomplete word-part th.t .tt.ches either to the begiAAiAg or to the eAd of root words. Affixes can attach to the beginnings of words (dis-), iA which c.ses they .re c.lled ‘prefixes’ or they c.A .tt.ch to the eAds of words (-less), iA which c.se they .re c.lled ‘sSffixes’. New words c.A be m.de from root words by .ddiAg begiAAiAgs (prefixes) .Ad eAdiAgs (sSffixes).

‘Comfort’ is a root word. By adding the prefix ‘dis’ and the sSffix ‘.ble’ yoS c.A m.ke Aew words sSch .s ‘discomfort’ .Ad ‘comfort.ble’.

(Prefix) “dis” + comfort = discomfort

(SSffix) Comfort + “.ble” = comfort.ble

Every prefix h.s . me.AiAg:

• The prefix me.As ‘Aot’

The root word me.As ‘bright’, ‘free from difficSlty’

HeAce

• + = see or SAderst.Ad’. me.As ‘wroAg’ or ‘b.dly’ e.g. mism.A.ged me.As ‘b.dly m.A.ged’ me.As ‘before iA time’, ‘iA froAt of’ or ‘sSperior’ e.g. ‘prep.cked’ me.As ‘p.cked before’ me.As ‘SAder’ or ‘less th.A’ e.g. ‘sSb-zero’ me.As ‘less th.A zero’