Root Words and Prefixes

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WRITING: Root Words and Prefixes

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Take a guess. What do you think a ROOT WORD is?

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A ROOT WORD is a basic word with no PREFIX or SUFFIX added to it.

EX: happy, dress, clean, lock

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What's another ROOT WORD you know?

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A PREFIX is added before a ROOT WORD to make a new word. 

EX: pre, mis, re, un

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• pre = before

• un = not

• mis = wrong or bad

• re = again

  
  
  

• EX: "unclean" means not clean

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Your turn! Use a PREFIX to write a word that means "not happy"

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Which word means the opposite of "lock"?

• prelock

• mislock

• unlock

• relock

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Write a word that means NOT lucky.

Multiple Choice

Which word means to play again?

• unplay

• replay

• misplay

• preplay

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means to paint again.

Multiple Choice

The word "retell" means to tell again. Which part of "retell" is the ROOT WORD?

• re

• tell

Multiple Choice

The word "premade" means it was made ahead of time. Which part of "premade" is the PREFIX

• pre

• made

Multiple Choice

Which word means PAID beforehand?

• premade

• prepaid

• prearranged

• previewed

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The word MISUNDERSTAND means to....

• understand beforehand

• understand again

• understand wrongly

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Write a word that means to use wrongly

Hint: Root word is USE

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What's another word you know that has a prefix?