Hello! I’m studying for N2 and I noticed the questions that ask you to choose the correct prefix/suffix is particularly hard for me. I know in the long term, the real way to improve is more reading, vocabulary exposure, etc, but in the short term I have about 2 weeks until the exam so…
Does anyone have any particular tips or resources to help with that part?
Thank you!
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I’m also studying for N2 and I was in the exact same boat as you a couple weeks ago! A few things that have helped me immensely in a very short amount of time, and I hope it’ll be helpful for you too!
Please try to find pages 166-177 in Shin Kanzen Master N2, there’s a huge masterlist for both prefixes and suffixes – I’ve done a lot of review questions since then and almost all of them appeared on these lists somewhere, so as long as you can remember them, it’s an extremely solid foundation!
This YouTube channel was really helpful for explaining the logic behind the answers and why certain pre- and suffixes are used in specific case, which helped me get a natural “feel” for what sounds right, even for novel questions. I just put 5 videos but she has a lot more that cover them too.
And I’ve been using these videos for question review:
And just working through questions I find in mock tests, it’s gotten a lot easier since then! Good luck, and I hope it’s useful!