PDF-Word Study & Vocabulary 3: Unit 23: Suffix with vowel alternation and

3333333333333333 Word Cards BLM 3 Kit 3Unit 23BLMindd 4 61010 100721 PM. WORD PART . (ROOT) . OF THE WEEK. milli. -, mil-, kilo- . 1. . millipede . (noun). suffix: -. pede. 2. . kiloton . (noun). suffix: . -ton. . 3. . million . (noun). suffix: -ion. 4. . premillennial . ed. Edited for CCS by Ms. Toni Lynn Barto . To answer that you need to know what a . root. or . base. word is!. Simply put, a root or a base word is a regular word that has a core meaning. . A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to change how the word is used.. At the end of a word to modify . “Pertaining to” Suffixes. -ac cardi. ac. . pertaining to the heart. . -al ren. al. . pertaining to the kidney. -an ovar. ian. . pertaining to the ovary. -. ar. Unit 1. Objectives. :. Identify and define the four word parts.. Differentiate an acronym, eponym and an abbreviation. Analyze and define medical terms.. Build medical terms for given definitions.. Dr. Smith enters the nurse’s station and tells you that Mrs. Jones needs to have an exploratory laparotomy, but suspects he will end up doing a bilateral . Comparative Word Forms. When we compare two words and show which one is MORE than the other, we are using comparatives. . * We use vowel suffix –. er. to compare.. Base Word: More Than:. l. ate later. Doubling and Dropping Rules for adding vowel suffixes. Vowel suffixes. A suffix is a letter or letters added AFTER the base word to create a new word.. We know a suffix is a VOWEL suffix if the . first letter . HOMOGRAPHS. Homographs. are words which have the SAME spelling.. (homo = same….graph = write or draw). Homograph words can be pronounced at least two different ways….and they have different meanings!. Suffixes –able, -. ful. , -. ous. Superlatives. Superlatives. . are words we use to compare 3 or more items to show which one is the most….. above and beyond . the others. . Prefix SUPER = Above; Beyond (Superman). e. ) and long (. i. ) sound; . Changing Rule for adding vowel suffixes. We have already learned the letter Y can be a consonant or a vowel.. We know vowel Y can make the long (e) sound, as in the words … carr. Unit 1. Objectives. :. Identify and define the four word parts.. Differentiate an acronym, eponym and an abbreviation. Analyze and define medical terms.. Build medical terms for given definitions.. Dr. Smith enters the nurse’s station and tells you that Mrs. Jones needs to have an exploratory laparotomy, but suspects he will end up doing a bilateral . The parts that form medical terms include word roots, prefixes, suffixes and combining vowels. These parts have their origin in Greek and Latin. . Word Root. The word root is the main body of the word and helps with the fundamental meaning of the word. The word root will usually . Many medical terms are composed of word part combinations. . Recognizing these word parts and their meanings simplifies learning medical terminology. . PREFIX. : word part found at the beginning of a word. . Class LM.1 Yes, this is an actual word. What does it mean? Biology can be filled with words that sometime seem incomprehensible. By "dissecting" these words into discrete units, even the most comp Suffix. Prefix. Combining Vowel. Word Root. Contains the core of the word; functional meaning. Ex.: play/. er. play is word root. . . arthr. /. itis. . arthr. is word root. . .