Prefixes
A letter or letters added to the beginning of a word.
What is a prefix?
This takes the place of a noun or nouns.
What is a pronoun?
This is a shortened form of two words.
What is a contraction?
These are words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings.
What are homophones?
Words that are spelled alike but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations.
What are homographs?
This prefix means wrong or wrongly.
What is "mis"?
I, you, he, she, it, we, and they are examples of this type of pronoun.
What is a subject pronoun?
Hadn't is the shortened form of these two words.
What are had and not?
Select the pair that are examples of homophones:
will not, won't
son, sun
minute, minute
What are son and sun?
Select the word that is an example of a homograph:
too
wasn't
object
What is object?
This prefix means before.
"What is pre"?
Me, you, her, him, it, us, and them are examples of this type of pronoun.
What is an object pronoun?
This is the shortened form of will not.
What is won't?
This is a homophone for buy.
What is by?
True or False: Produce, tear, wound, and bow are examples of homographs.
What is true?
This prefix means the opposite of or away from.
What is "dis"?
This type of pronoun shows ownership.
What is a possessive pronoun?
This is the shortened form of do not.
What is don't?
This is a homophone for tail.
What is a tale?
True or False: Homographs and homophones have the same definition.
What is false?
The prefix "un" means:
What is not, opposite of; unsure uncover?
This type of pronoun is used after a linking verb.
What is a subject pronoun?
Hasn't is the shortened form of these two words.
What are has and not?
This is a homophone for one.
What is won?
True or False: Air and heir are examples of homographs.
What is false?