Word StudyWord Study

PrefixesPrefixes

Vocabulary WorkoutVocabulary Workout Copy each of the five following sentences. Skip a line in between each one.

I saw my friend buying milk in the bodega yesterday.

The older band enjoyed a resurgence of popularity with the re-release of its hit song.

The chef brought a modern influence to the restaurant’s traditional cuisine.

Failing students are in the minority in the advanced class.

I had to run through the corridor to get to class on time.

Copy each of the five following sentences. Skip a line in between each one.

I saw my friend buying milk in the bodega yesterday.

The older band enjoyed a resurgence of popularity with the re-release of its hit song.

The chef brought a modern influence to the restaurant’s traditional cuisine.

Failing students are in the minority in the advanced class.

I had to run through the corridor to get to class on time.

Vocabulary Workout cont…

Vocabulary Workout cont…

Underline the correct word in each of the sentences. Bodega Resurgence Cuisine Minority Corridor

Underline the correct word in each of the sentences. Bodega Resurgence Cuisine Minority Corridor

Vocabulary Workout cont…

Vocabulary Workout cont… Read each of the sentences.

Choose the best definition of each underlined word.

Bodega: A. neighborhood B. street C. grocery store

Resurgence: A. Revival B. Movement C. Moment

Read each of the sentences. Choose the best definition of each underlined word.

Bodega: A. neighborhood B. street C. grocery store

Resurgence: A. Revival B. Movement C. Moment

Vocabulary Workout cont…

Vocabulary Workout cont…

Cuisine: A. cooking B. décor C. floor plan

Minority: A. largest group B. small group C. one of many

Corridor: A. area B. building C. hall

Cuisine: A. cooking B. décor C. floor plan

Minority: A. largest group B. small group C. one of many

Corridor: A. area B. building C. hall

Vocabulary Workout cont…

Vocabulary Workout cont…

I saw my friend buying milk in the bodega yesterday.

The older band enjoyed a resurgence of popularity with the re-release of its hit song.

The chef brought a modern influence to the restaurant’s traditional cuisine.

Failing students are in the minority in the advanced class.

I had to run through the corridor to get to class on time.

I saw my friend buying milk in the bodega yesterday.

The older band enjoyed a resurgence of popularity with the re-release of its hit song.

The chef brought a modern influence to the restaurant’s traditional cuisine.

Failing students are in the minority in the advanced class.

I had to run through the corridor to get to class on time.

Let’s Discuss…Let’s Discuss…

How’d you do? How do you figure out the meaning of words that you don’t know? Context Clues? Word Parts?

How’d you do? How do you figure out the meaning of words that you don’t know? Context Clues? Word Parts?

PrefixesPrefixes

Prefixes are added to the beginning of a base word.

They change the meaning of a base word. Ex + hale = Exhale E + ject = Eject

Prefixes are added to the beginning of a base word.

They change the meaning of a base word. Ex + hale = Exhale E + ject = Eject

EX-, and E-EX-, and E-

The prefixes ex and e mean out, from, forth Examples

Eject: to drive or force out Exhale: to breathe out Exit: a way out; to find a way out

The prefixes ex and e mean out, from, forth Examples

Eject: to drive or force out Exhale: to breathe out Exit: a way out; to find a way out

Let’s Try It!Let’s Try It! What do you think the following words mean? Emit?

The garbage can was beginning to emit a strange odor.

Exclude? Suzie didn’t want to exclude anyone from her party so she invited the whole class.

Exclaim? “And I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight, ‘Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight.’”

What do you think the following words mean? Emit?

The garbage can was beginning to emit a strange odor.

Exclude? Suzie didn’t want to exclude anyone from her party so she invited the whole class.

Exclaim? “And I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight, ‘Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight.’”

Summing it all up…Summing it all up…

So a prefix is… A word part that is placed in front of or before a root word

The prefixes ex, and e mean… Out, From or Forth

Name two words you know that begin with either ex or e:

So a prefix is… A word part that is placed in front of or before a root word

The prefixes ex, and e mean… Out, From or Forth

Name two words you know that begin with either ex or e: