u3w1 spelling prefixes HEROES

Spell Prefixes

Prefixes are added to the beginning of base words. Knowing how to spell prefixes and help you spell new words. Knowing the meaning of different prefixes can help you understand words you didn't know before.

Students will be able to :

1. Identify prefixes

2. Identify how prefixes change the meaning of words

3. Spell words using prefixes

4. Identify the meaning of a word based on the prefix.

​Prefixes pre-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- are added to the BEGINNING of base words.

In the prefix pre-, the e usually spells a long e sound.

In the prefixes dis-, in-, im-, and non-, the vowels are all short.

​ Prefix	​ Meaning
​Pre	​before
Dis​	not​
In​	not​, in, on
Im​	not​
Non​	not​

​Base Word	​Prefix	​New Word	​ Definition
​heat	​pre	​	​To heat something beforehand.
like​	dis​	​	​To not like something.
effective​	in​	in	Something that doesn't work.​
polite​	im​	im	Something or someone that is not polite.​
living​	non​	non	Something that is not alive. ​

Fill in the Blank

Which prefix goes with the word "pay" and means to pay before: type the new word.

(pre-, non-, dis-, im-, in-)

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Which prefix goes with the word "stop" and means does not stop: type the new word.

(pre-, non-, dis-, im-, in-)

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Which prefix goes with the word "agree" and means does not agree: type the new word.

(pre-, non-, dis-, im-, in-)

Multiple Choice

What does the word preview mean?

• view before

• view after

• view again

Multiple Choice

What does the word misprint mean?

• before print

• print again

• print wrongly

Multiple Choice

What does unnoticed mean?
His good deed did not go unnoticed.

• not reasonable

• not safe

• not hidden

• not noticed

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Ross keeps spelling Jaiyana’s name _____correctly.

• discorrectly

• incorrectly

• uncorrectly

• imcorrectly

Multiple Choice

It is ____possible to travel to Tulsa in under an hour.

• impossible

• inpossible

• ilpossible

• dispossible

Multiple Choice

My phone will be _____connected if I don’t pay my phone bill.

• disconnected

• ilconnected

• imconnected

• unconnected

Multiple Choice

• a

• b

• c

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• b

• c

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• b

• c

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• b

• c

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• b

• c

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• b

• c

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• b

• c

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• b

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• a

• b

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• b

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• a

• b

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• a

• b

• c

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• a

• b

• c

Multiple Choice

What does the prefix non- mean?  

• not

• do again

• make a mistake

• kind

Multiple Choice

What does the word nonfiction mean? 

• made a mistake

• do again

• caterpillars

• not fiction

Multiple Choice

If you disappear

• you are no longer there

• you appeared in a wrong way

• you appeared again

• you appear quickly

Multiple Choice

The prefix pre means

• down

• not

• before

• again

Multiple Choice

The prefix dis means

• wrong

• before

• not

• again

Multiple Choice

Which word means to cook before?

• recook

• precook

• miscook

• uncook

Multiple Choice

A person who is NOT polite is

• dispolite

• inpolite

• impolite

• polite

Multiple Choice

It's NOT possible, it's

• impossible

• inpossible

• unpossible

• dispossible

Multiple Choice

Not existing; not real

• irrational

• illogical

• nonexistent

• nonverbal

Multiple Choice

not capable of using words; unable to speak

• incapable

• illiterate

• ineligible

• nonverbal

Multiple Choice

a situation in which different things do not occur equally or in balanced amounts

• ineligible

• imbalance

• irregular

• illiterate

Multiple Choice

not having the required skills or ability to perform a specific action

• irrelevant

• illiterate

• nonverbal

• incapable

Multiple Choice

Prefixes come where in a word?

• before the root word

• after the root word

• prefixes are the main word

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

Prefixes do what to a word?

• does nothing to the word

• completely changes the meaning

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

The prefixes non-, dis-, and un- all mean

• the opposite of the root word

• the same as the root word

• prefixes are not important

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word dishonest?

• A person who is honest

• In a honest way

• Very honest

• Not honest

Multiple Choice

If a person is unafraid, they are______?

• sad

• not afraid

• very afraid

• screaming for help

Multiple Choice

Which word means not made up?

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Fake

• False

Multiple Choice

Which word means not very happy?

• unappoionted

• disappointed

• pleased

• satisfied

Multiple Choice

Prefixes come before, because pre- means

• after

• before

• in the middle

• nothing

Match

Match the following. Choose the meaning that best describes each word.

• preview

• disappear

• incorrect

• nonstop

• imperfect

view before

not appear

not correct

not stopping

not perfect

• view before

• not appear

• not correct

• not stopping

• not perfect

Fill in the Blank

What is the prefix in the word prepay?

Multiple Choice

What is the prefix in the word preheat?

• pre

• heat

• pr

• at

Fill in the Blank

Which prefix goes with the word "perfect" and means is not perfect: type the new word.

(pre-, non-, dis-, im-, in-)

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Which prefix goes with the word "correct" and means is not correct, it is wrong: type the new word.

(pre-, non-, dis-, im-, in-)