Summary
“Prefixes (Monsters Learn English)” is a Scratch Garden song-and-animation that teaches prefixes and suffixes — word parts that change a word's meaning. A short, catchy video — easy to drop into a grammar lesson, a warm-up, or a transition.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
A prefix is added to the front of a word and a suffix to the end — each changes the word's meaning.
- What does the word part in this song mean?
- How does adding it change the base word's meaning?
- Can you build a new word using a prefix or suffix you know?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: prefix, suffix, base word, root, meaning.
Try it: Pick a base word and add a prefix or suffix to make a new word. Write both words and explain how the meaning changed.