PREFIXES

THE UNFORTUNATE WORLD OF PREFIXES

TEENS 2.2​

Multiple Select

Which of these words have a prefix?

• convincing

• impossible

• submarine

• descendant

Multiple Select

Which of these words have a prefix?

• inconvenient

• historical

• privilege

• metaphor

What is a prefix?

Some prefixes give adjectives, nouns and verbs a particular meaning.​

For example, when the prefix un- is added to the word happy, it creates the word unhappy.

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​What is a prefix?

A prefix is an affix that is placed before the stem of a word. Therefore, PRE- is a prefix that means before.

Multiple Choice

This prefix means "very small".

• mis-

• multi-

• micro-

Multiple Choice

This prefix means "badly or wrongly".

• mis-

• multi-

• micro-

Multiple Select

What other words can go with the prefix mis-?

• conception

• hear

• inform

• understand

Multiple Choice

Which of these prefixes means "too much"?

• super-

• multi-

• over-

Multiple Choice

Which of these prefixes means "extremely" or "above"?

• super-

• multi-

• over-

Multiple Choice

Yesterday, I _____. I woke up at 1 p.m.

• superslept

• multislept

• overslept

Multiple Choice

Billie Eilish is a star who is extremely famous!

• superstar

• multistar

• overstar

What is a prefix?

MICRO-

MIS-

MULTI-

OVER-

SUPER-

PRE-​

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PREFIXES

MICROWAVE

MISBEHAVE

MULTICULTURAL

OVERSLEEP

SUPERMAN​

​PREHISTORY

Multiple Choice

Now, Joe Biden is the USA's leader and Donald Trump is...

• ex-girlfriend

• ex-president

• ex-convict

• Peppa Pig

Multiple Choice

Submarine, subatomic, subway...

The prefix SUB- means...

• against

• not enough

• under

Multiple Choice

Be careful! Because the prefix UNDER- means...

• against

• not enough

• under

Multiple Choice

ANTI- means AGAINST.

Which of these words is INCORRECT?

• antiwar

• antisocial

• antigravity

• antilaw

What is a prefix?

MICRO-

MIS-

MULTI-

OVER-

SUPER-

PRE-

EX-

SUB-​

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MICROWAVE

MISBEHAVE

MULTICULTURAL

OVERSLEEP

SUPERMAN​

​PREHISTORY

EX-GIRLFRIEND​

​SUBMARINE

UNDER-​

ANTI-​

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UNDERAGE

ANTIWAR​

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PREFIXES

Multiple Choice

Which of these prefixes means "again"?

• AUTO-

• CO-

• SEMI-

• RE-

Multiple Choice

Which of these prefixes means "together with"?

• AUTO-

• CO-

• SEMI-

• RE-

Multiple Choice

Which of these prefixes means "of or by oneself"?

• AUTO-

• CO-

• SEMI-

• RE-

Multiple Choice

Which of these prefixes means "half"?

• AUTO-

• CO-

• SEMI-

• RE-

What is a prefix?

MICRO-

MIS-

MULTI-

OVER-

SUPER-

PRE-

EX-

SUB-​

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MICROWAVE

MISBEHAVE

MULTICULTURAL

OVERSLEEP

SUPERMAN​

​PREHISTORY

EX-GIRLFRIEND​

​SUBMARINE

UNDER-​

ANTI-

AUTO-

CO-

SEMI-

RE-​

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UNDERAGE

ANTIWAR​

​AUTOBIOGRAPHY

COINCIDENCE​

SEMI-SKIMMED​

REHEAT​

PREFIXES

The NEGATIVES have arrived!

The following prefixes have a negative meaning

UN-

IN-/IL-/IM-/IR-

​DIS-

NON-​

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UNHAPPY

ILLEGAL

DISHONESTY

NON-STOP

Multiple Choice

The opposite of MORAL is...

• unmoral

• dismoral

• immoral

• inmoral

Multiple Choice

The opposite of COMFORTABLE is...

• uncomfortable

• discomfortable

• non-comfortable

• incomfortable

Multiple Choice

The opposite of ACCURATE is...

• unaccurate

• inaccurate

• disaccurate

• imaccurate

Multiple Choice

The opposite of ALCOHOLIC is...

• unalcoholic

• disalcoholic

• non-alcoholic

• orange juice

Multiple Choice

The opposite of SIMILAR is...

• unsimilar

• dissimilar

• non-similar

• in similar

GOOD JOB!

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TEENS 2.2​