Prefixes Lesson 1

Prefixes Lesson 1

in/im/il/ir, en/em, mis, sub

sub

under

Examples:

submarine

substitute

submerge

subside

Multiple Choice

below freezing

• subfreezing

• subway

• subpar

• super

Multiple Choice

under water

• submerge

• substitute

• substandard

• subpar

in/im/il/ir

not

Examples:

invalid, incorrect

impossible, immature

illogical, illiterate

irregular, irrrelative

Multiple Choice

Not regular

• illogical

• irregular

• impossible

• irreducible

Multiple Choice

Not complete

• incomplete

• irrational

• innate

• impossible

Multiple Choice

Not responsible

• ilresponsible

• irresponsible

• inresponsible

• imresponsible

Multiple Choice

Not possible

• irpossible

• ilpossible

• impossible

• inpossible

en/em

in or to cause

Examples:

enlighten

enforce

embrace

encourage

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the word

• embattle

• enbattle

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the word

• emigrate

• enigrate

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the word

• engulf

• emgulf

mis

wrong

Examples:

misspell

misfit

mistake

misspoke

Multiple Choice

use the wrong way

• misspell

• mistreat

• misprint

• misuse

Multiple Choice

not counted

• miscount

• misuse

• mistake

• misspell

Multiple Choice

wrong Place

• misuse

• misplace

• mistreat

• misprint