Learn ADVANCED English with the News | BBC Special with Obama
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Before we continue, why not pause the
video and write a sentence about you in
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the comments below using the structure
not only... but also? Here's mine:
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So download it right now for
free by clicking here or in
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the description below or simply search
for RealLife in your favorite app store.
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Word formation basically has to do with the
forming of new words with the words that you
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already know. The key for you to master
word formation is learning about prefixes
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and suffixes. Now this changes the meaning of
a word. Prefixes are added to the beginning of
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the word and suffixes are added to the end of
the word. For example, let's look at the word
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imperfectly. The first thing you want to
do is get to the root or base of the word.
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In this case the root is "perfect" from there
you add either prefixes or suffixes to change
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the original meaning. In this example we have
the suffix L Y and the prefix I M. Also notice
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that we use the words differently. For example,
"he's a perfect swimmer." "He swims perfectly."
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