Prefixes and Suffixes:

When we add suffixes or prefixes to the root words, new words are formed

Example: Quench +able = quenchable Un+ quenchable = unquenchable
Direct + or = director in + direct = indirect

Activity:
Form new words using the appropriate prefixes or suffixes:

Negative sentences:
Look at these sentences:

1. There was barely enough energy to find food and water.
2. Nowhere else will you find a place as comfortable as this?
3. These are negative sentences as words like ‘hardly, scarcely, rarely, and seldom’; give the sentence a negative meaning.

Activity:
Rewrite the sentences given below, using the words given in brackets:

1. We do not have sufficient food for all of us here. (barely)
2. Nathan never listens to me. (hardly)
3. Buses do not stop here often. (seldom)
4. He does not come late to school. (scarcely)
5. Rajan writes to his mother only once in three months. (rarely)