Use the Prefix auto-

We can use prefixes and suffixes to change the meaning of some words.  

We call the original word a root word.

 

Prefixes go at the start of words. 

For example: un + kind = unkind. 

The prefix un means not.  When we add it to the root word kind we create its opposite.

 

Suffixes go at the end of words.

For example: cheer + ful = cheerful

The suffix ful turns a noun (naming word) into an adjective (describing word).

 

 

In this activity, we will look at the use of the prefix auto-.

 

Auto- means self.

For example, a book written about yourself is in an autobiography.

 

With this prefix, we do not have to change the spelling of the root word.

 

Here are some examples of words that use these prefixes:

 

autobiography

autograph

automatic

automobile

autopilot

 

You can listen to them here:

 

 

You can break the words up into the prefix and the root to help you to spell them:

 

auto biography

auto graph

auto matic

auto mobile

auto pilot

 

Why not use Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check to practise the spelling a few times before we begin the activity.