{"id":20835,"date":"2025-03-11T09:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/?p=20835"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:20:40","slug":"english-practice-prefixes-suffixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/blog\/english\/english-practice-prefixes-suffixes\/","title":{"rendered":"English Practice: Prefixes &amp; Suffixes!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-b91b5581daf3980a34d660a30e91c59e\">Inspired by our current FCE <a href=\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/schools\/uk\/learn-english-in-cambridge\/\">Cambridge English<\/a> class, here is&nbsp;a&nbsp;&#8220;pre-weekend&#8221; lesson on English prefixes and suffixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why study English prefixes and suffixes?<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It helps you broaden your English vocabulary! 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