Prefixes
Before the PYP exhibition, Gabriel previewed his project and decided to rewrite a section because he had misunderstood one part of the directions.
What does misunderstood mean?
A. To understand something clearly and correctly
B. To understand something incorrectly
C. To explain something again
B. To understand something incorrectly
Yulia ran the fastest in the race and felt even happier afterward.
What does fastest mean?
A. More fast than another person
B. Moving quickly
C. The most fast
C. The most fast ✅
After winning the art contest, Athena was on cloud nine, while Gabriel was feeling under the weather.
What does on cloud nine mean?
A. Feeling extremely happy or joyful
B. Feeling confused and lost
C. Feeling tired and sleepy
A. Feeling extremely happy or joyful ✅
Gabriel wanted to play outside, but it was raining cats and dogs.
Question: In the sentence, what does raining cats and dogs mean?
A. Raining very hard
B. Cats and dogs falling from the sky
C. Pets in the rain
B. Cats and dogs falling from the sky
Athena felt unhappy and disagreed with the unfair rule but quickly changed her mind.
What does unhappy mean?
A. Not happy or feeling sad
B. Extremely excited
C. Completely confused
A. Not happy or feeling sad ✅
Yulia disagreed with the unfair rule and felt unhappy, so she suggested a better solution.
What does disagreed mean?
A. To agree
B. To not agree
C. To explain something carefully
B. To not agree ✅
Miles quickly finished his homework and became a careful reader.
What does quickly mean?
A. In a fast or speedy way
B. In a slow and careful way
C. In a loud and noisy way
A. In a fast or speedy way ✅
Before presenting, Miles was getting cold feet, but once he started, he was having a ball.
What does getting cold feet mean?
A. Feeling physically cold
B. Feeling nervous or afraid to do something
C. Feeling very excited
B. Feeling nervous or afraid to do something ✅
Choose the word that fits best: As sharp as a _____
A. Pen
B. Tack
C. Rabbit
D. Potato
D. Potato
After previewing the play, Gabriel became the strongest performer and gave a wonderful performance.
What does strongest mean?
A. More strong than someone else
B. The most strong compared to others
C. Slightly strong
B. The most strong compared to others ✅
While riding his bicycle, Miles thought about the triangle he had drawn in math class.
What does triangle mean?
A. A shape with three sides and three angles
B. A shape with four equal sides
C. A shape with two parallel sides
A. A shape with three sides and three angles ✅
Before her speech, Athena felt fearless and confident.
What does fearless mean?
A. Full of fear
B. Without fear or not afraid
C. Slightly nervous
B. Without fear or not afraid ✅
When the announcement was made, no one made a peep, and later Yulia changed her mind.
What does no one made a peep mean?
A. Everyone began talking loudly
B. No one made a single sound
C. Someone whispered quietly
B. No one made a single sound ✅
Athena was trying to study, but her brother, Theo was playing loud music in the other room. "This is driving me crazy!" she said.
Question: In the sentence, what does driving me crazy mean?
A. To make someone angry
B. To drive a car dangerously
C. To blow up a car with dynamite
C. To blow up a car with dynamite
Miles was as busy as a bee while practicing for the longest race.
What does as busy as a bee mean?
A. Very active and working hard
B. Very tired and sleepy
C. Very loud and noisy
A. Very active and working hard ✅
In Germany, Athena explored a submarine.
What does submarine mean?
A. A vehicle that flies in the sky
B. A boat that travels on the surface of the water
C. A watercraft that travels under water
C. A watercraft that travels under water ✅
Gabriel was thankful for the helpful teacher who gave him an audiobook.
What does thankful mean?
A. Feeling full of thanks
B. Feeling confused about something
C. Feeling upset or angry
A. Feeling full of thanks ✅
Gabriel has a sweet tooth and said the dessert was out of this world, but the restaurant he went to cost an arm and a leg.
What does costing an arm and a leg mean?
A. Costing very little money
B. Costing a very large amount of money
C. Being impossible to buy
B. Costing a very large amount of money ✅
Yulia was trying to think, but she had a brain fart.
You know the drill by now.
A. A brain that has gas
B. To not be able to think
C. Having an idea
A. A brain that has gas
Miles and Athena were in the same boat when they both forgot to bring their permission slips for the field trip.
Question: What does in the same boat mean?
A. Being on a boat together
B. Being in the same situation or problem as someone else
C. Traveling somewhere far away
B. Being in the same situation or problem as someone else ✅
To prepare for the play, Gabriel rewrote his lines and tried not to mispronounce difficult words.
What does rewrite mean?
A. To write something again or in a new way
B. To write something incorrectly
C. To stop writing completely
A. To write something again or in a new way ✅
During rehearsal, Yulia was practicing the most challenging scene.
What does practicing mean?
A. In the process to practice
B. Forgetting how to do something
C. In the process of talking
A. In the process to practice
Yulia wanted to buy the new Zelda, but her mom reminded her that money doesn’t grow on trees.
Question: What does money doesn’t grow on trees mean?
A. Money is easy to get anytime
B. Money must be earned and is not unlimited
C. Money grows naturally on plants
B. Money must be earned and is not unlimited ✅
Miles couldn't understand the instructions. He was all mixed up.
I don't have to ask anymore
A. To not understand something
B. To be part of a cake batter
C. to understand something well
B. To be part of a cake batter
Gabriel decided to wear his helmet and knee pads while riding his bike because it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Question: What does better to be safe than sorry mean?
A. It’s smarter to take precautions to avoid problems
B. It’s okay to take risks sometimes
C. You don’t need to worry about safety
A. It’s smarter to take precautions to avoid problems ✅