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Class Work - Common prefixes match

Why is this animal called anoctopus?

RE (renew) 1) wrong or bad

Pre (preview) 2) before

Mis (misbehave) 3) again, back

De (deforestation) 4) eight

Tele (television) 5) one, same, whole

Bi (biweekly) 6) remove or reduce

Un (unhappy) 7) twice (two times)

Uni (uniform) 8) far, distant

Octo (octopus) 9) many (usually morethan two)

Sub (subway) 10) under, low

Multi (multipul) 11) not

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Common suffixes match

2. Match the suffix on the left to the explanation or function on the right

-able (unable) 1) adverb making

-er / -or (teacher, doctor) 2) verb making

-ful (usefull) 3) can or able to dosomething

-ment, -ness, -ion(movement, togetherness,

information)

4) see or range

-ively (actively) 5) noun or name ofsomething

-ive (active) 6) job or doer

-ate (communicate) 7) sound or audio

-phone (telephone) 8) adjective ordescription word

building

-scope (telescope) 9) Full of

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Prefix and word meaning

3. Match the words in the B column to the general meaning in A

again orback

1) unpopular, unkind, unhappy,

unluckybefore 2) biweekly, bimonthly, biannualbadly orwrong

3) delete, deforestation,

decentralize, decongestRemove ortake away

4) preview, predict, prehistoric,

prefix, preparationNot(opposite of

something)

5) reply, repeat, resend, restart,

reboot, remember

far 6) television, telephone, telescope,

telecommunicationtwice 7) octopus, octave, octogenarian,

OctoberOne, whole,same

8) uniform, unify,

eight 9) subway, submarine, subtract,

subdue, subordinatesUnder or

low

10) mistake, misunderstand,

misbehave, misread, miscalculateMany ormore thantwo

11) multiple, multiply, multicolored,

multilingual

Prefixes that make opposites4. Make the opposites of the words on the right by matching them with their

correct prefix on the left.

un 1) happy, stoppable,tidy, lucky,

important, unable

im 2)possible,pregnable,

dis 3)organized, appear,honest, agree

ir 4) responsible,regular, reparable,

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il -5)logical , legal

in -6) decisive, correct,

capablemis -7) understand , inform,

calculate

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Prefix/Suffix Multiple Choice5.Circle the best available answer for each of the following:

1(This newspaper is a BIWEEKLY.

a) the newspaper is published once a week

b) the newspaper is published three times a week

c) the newspaper is published twice a week

2(This medicine is a nasal DECONGESTANT.

a) the medicine helps to reduce nasal congestion

b) the medicine causes nasal congestion

c) the medicine makes your nose bigger

3(That shopping bag is REUSABLE.

a) throw the shopping bag away, we wont need it again

b) dont throw away the shopping bag because we can use it

again.c) if you throw the shopping bag we cannot use it again

4(Im sorry I MISREAD the notice and therefore

MISUNDERSTOOD the message.

a) Did not read the notice correctly and therefore did not

understand correctly.

b) Read the notice and understood the message correctly

c) Did not read the notice and therefore did not understand

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Multiple Choice Vocabulary Questions.

6. Circle the best available answer for each of the following words:

1) telescope

a) device for making sound louder(bigger)

b) remove from the centre to surrounding areas

c) device for looking at stars

3)microscope

a) device for looking at tiny objects

b) ship that travels under the oceanc) device for looking at stars

d) a deep sea animal with eight arms

4) submarine

a) device for looking at stars

b) a deep sea animal with eight arms

c) device for making sound louder(bigger)

d) ship that travels under the ocean

5) decentralize

a) device for looking at tiny objects

b) a deep sea animal with eight arms

c) device for looking at stars

d) remove from the centre to surrounding areas

6) octopus

a) device for looking at tiny objects

b) device for looking at stars

c) a deep sea animal with eight arms

d) ship that travels under the ocean

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7. Add a prefix to each of the following words to make

new words. If you get stuck on one, move onto the nextone and then go back to it. Prefixes you might need

un- dis- re- mis- de- im- in- il- non- anti- pre-

_____clockwise _____behave _____sense

_____possible _____place _____fix

_____happy _____lucky _____legal

_____code _____visible _____connect

_____fiction _____mind _____appear

_____view _____prove _____able

_____play _____frost _____wind

_____obey _____cover _____honest

_____healthy _____sent _____chief

_____serve _____historic _____fair

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