Morphology Magic shows you how to expand your vocabulary quickly by learning to understand and use the building blocks of morphology: prefixes, root or base words, suffixes. A root or base word contains the core meaning of the word in its simplest form. A prefix is an attachment before the word, like pretest & retest. A suffix is an attachment after the word, like tested & testing. HOW MORPHOLOGY WORKS TO CREATE NEW WORDS Start with one root or base word. Add 6 different prefixes to that root word to build 6 new words. Add suffixes to these new words to transform their part of speech. A verb may turn into a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. 1 root and 1 prefix can change into 3 verb forms, 2 noun forms, 3 adjective forms, and sometimes an adverb. Some roots can create even more than eight words. Therefore, six root words times 8 for adding different affixes create 48 new words. Learning 48 words in a week or two is AN EFFECTIVE METHODOLOGY! THE BENEFITS OF EXPANDING YOUR VOCABULARY Improve reading comprehension Enhance oral speaking Write more precisely
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