Prefix Sorts 1-4

Prefix Meanings and Rules

100

Add this prefix words like happy or tie to show its opposite or reversal.

What is "un-"

200

This prefix means "below" or "under".

What is "sub-"?

300

This prefix means to do something "wrong" or "incorrectly".

What is "mis-"?

400

This prefix means to "take away" or "remove".

What is "de-"?

500

This is what we add prefixes to- it can stand on its own as a word.

What is "base word"?

Sort 1: Negative Prefixes

100

This word means "not sincere".

What is "insincere"?

200

This word means "to lead the wrong way".

What is "misleading" or "mislead"?

300

This word is the opposite of organized and in order.

What is "disorder"?

400

This word describes something that does not happen often. 

What is "infrequent"?

500

This word means you are "not well".

What is "disease"?

Sort 2: Prefixes telling "when"

100

Fill in the blank:

When do you take a post-test? ______ a new instructional unit.

What is "after"?

200

This word refers to a word part that is placed before the base or root word.

What is "prefix"?

300

A(n) _________________ is something you think of or add later on.

What is an "afterthought"?

400

This word means "to come or happen before some event".

What is "precede"?

500

This is a part of speech that is placed before a noun; examples include "under the table" and "into the classroom".

What is a "preposition"?

Sort 3: Common Prefixes

100

I want someone to decorate the inside of my home. I better call ___________ designer.

What is "interior"?

200

This word means "to take back" something that was once yours.

What is "reclaim"?

300

This word means to "let the air or gas out of something". It can also mean "lessen or reduce the size of importance". 

What is "deflate"?

400

This word means to "take away" or "keep something away from someone" (hint: usually it's keeping something from people that they really need).

What is "deprive"?

500

This word means "to completely wear out" or "use up".

What is "exhaust"?

Sort 4: Common Prefixes 2

100

The second title of a book (usually found below the first title).

What is "subtitle"?

200

This word means "to put someone in a dangerous position".

What is "endanger"?

300

We use this word if you are given a higher position or move on to the next grade. This word can also mean "contribute to the growth of something."

What is "promote"?

400

What is another word for "friend"? (Hint: this would be a friend that is with you often)

What is "companion" or "comrade"?

500

If I have 100 Jolly Ranchers and I give each student 10, they would have a ________ of the Jolly Ranchers.

What is "subset"?