Prefixes A-U
Prefixes-Examples
Prefixes Definitions
Prefixes in Context
Anyone's Guess
100

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

100

Identify the prefix in the word "Unicycle, and explain what the prefix is. 

Uni-means one

100

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.

100

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.



100

This prefix can mean "opposite," as in what happens to happy and sad.

De

200

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

200

Identify the prefix in the picture and give the definition for it.

Sub-under

200

Come up with an example of a pre- word and an re- word and explain their meanings.

Student response
200

Knowing the meaning of the prefix -mis helps the reader understand that the word misbehave means.

Behave wrongly

200

This prefix combines with "weekly" to mean something that happens every two weeks

Biweekly

300

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

300

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

300

Match the following prefixes with their meaning

Anti                           Wrong

Sub                            Against

Oct                             Eight

Mis                              Under

Anti-against

Sub-Under

Oct-Eight (8)

Mis -Wrong

300

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

300

This prefix combines with "social" to describe someone who is opposed to society’s norms.

Antisocial

400

The prefixes Un, Mis and Bi mean and give an example word for one of them.

Un=not or opposite

Mis= wrongly

Bi= two

400

Explain what the following prefixes mean:

Poly

Quad

Multi

Micro


Poly-many, much

Quad-4 (four)

Multi-Many

Micro-small

400

Define what the term semi-annual means and tell what the prefix is within the sentence.

semin-half

semi-annual means half the year.

400

Knowing the meaning of the prefix -un helps the reader understand that the word unbelievable means.

Not believable

400

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.

500

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

500

List at least 5 prefixes and what they mean

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

500

List 8 prefixes and their meanings

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6. 7. 8.

500

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.