Prefixes A-U
Identify the prefixes and what they mean in this passage: Temetrius was under the weather and needed an antibiotic to help him recover from his illness.
Under-too little
Anti-against
Identify the prefix in the word "Unicycle, and explain what the prefix is.
Uni-means one
Explain what the prefix MIS means and provide an example in the form of a sentence.
Wrongly
Andy's miscalculation of how far to throw football cost his team the state championship.
The prefix un- means not or opposite. Provide 2 examples of using the prefix un.
Aleska was very unhappy when the neighborhood dog began to chase him as he walked home from school.
Jose found his used car unreliable when he tried to start it for school today.
This prefix can mean "opposite," as in what happens to happy and sad.
De
Identify the prefix in the sentence below. What does the following prefix mean?
Would you agree that the cost of inflation (the rate at which prices for goods and services increase over time) is the reason the cost of telephones has increased?
Tele-far or distant
Identify the prefix in the picture and give the definition for it.
Sub-under
Come up with an example of a pre- word and an re- word and explain their meanings.
Knowing the meaning of the prefix -mis helps the reader understand that the word misbehave means.
Behave wrongly
This prefix combines with "weekly" to mean something that happens every two weeks
Biweekly
Identify the prefixes for the following example: David wanted to participate in the Spring training for the local football program but found he was overextended and had a biweekly meeting with his track team so he had to decide which sport to participate in.
Over-too much
Bi- two
De-opposite
I forsee that we are going to have a amazing year for the Debate team, could I be mistaken in making this assumption? What are the prefixes in this sentence and what do they mean?
Fore-before, front of
Mis-wrongly
Match the following prefixes with their meaning
Anti Wrong
Sub Against
Oct Eight
Mis Under
Anti-against
Sub-Under
Oct-Eight (8)
Mis -Wrong
Identify the prefix in the the following sentences and explain what the prefix is and what it means.
The girl rode the unicycle.
The man made a mistake when he made the soup by adding the wrong ingredient.
Unicycle-uni=1
mistake=mis=wrong
This prefix combines with "social" to describe someone who is opposed to society’s norms.
Antisocial
The prefixes Un, Mis and Bi mean and give an example word for one of them.
Un=not or opposite
Mis= wrongly
Bi= two
Explain what the following prefixes mean:
Poly
Quad
Multi
Micro
Poly-many, much
Quad-4 (four)
Multi-Many
Micro-small
Define what the term semi-annual means and tell what the prefix is within the sentence.
semin-half
semi-annual means half the year.
Knowing the meaning of the prefix -un helps the reader understand that the word unbelievable means.
Not believable
Define what a prefix means and what it can be found within a word.
A prefix is a a word or group of words added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning.
Identify the prefix and root word in the following passage.
Joseph dreamed of being a scientist and jumped at the opportunity to participate in the subterrain cave exploration with the geology program.
Prefix-Sub
Root word-Terrain
List at least 5 prefixes and what they mean
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List 8 prefixes and their meanings
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Explain what a suffix is and where if can be found.
A suffix is a word or group of words added to the end of a word to change the meaning.