Unit 4, Week 2 - Prefixes - "The Talented Clementine"

"They spend every recess arguing. They are very disrespectful to each other."

The word disrespectful has the root word respect. Someone disrespectful is

• friendly

• kind

• rude

• worried

"Stop this nonsense. You are acting so strange!"

If someone was talking nonsense, you would

• do what they say

• not tell anyone else

• not understand them

• say the same back to them

"Then I did something unexpected, I spun around like a dancer and froze in an odd position."

The expected thing is what you usually do. Something unexpected is

• not fun

• not new

• not planned

• not rewarded

"Leonard dodged left and right, but I knew it was impossible for him to outrun me."

What does the word impossible mean?

• done earlier

• needing to be done

• not able to be done

• done over and over again

"He walked over and touched me. I suddendly unfroze and started dancing again."

What does unfroze mean?

• to become stiff

• to become cold

• to become able to move

• to become stuck in place

"I asked for my first basketball when I was still in preschool."

The word preschool means school

• in the evening

• in the morning

• for the very old

• for the very young

I didn’t want to be unkind but I thought, “Who is this guy?”

If someone is unkind to you, they would MOST likely

• smile at you

• try to scare you

• be mean to you

• be very nice to you

"Many people believe that she is an odd girl. That is untrue."

Which answer choice uses un- in the same way

as untrue?

• under

• united

• unlucky

• until

"These items are harmful to the animals. Removing these items when they have been swallowed by the

animal is dangerous.:

The prefix re- means “again.” Which answer choice uses

re- in the same way as removing?

• reason

• recognize

• renumber

• reptile

"They were unprepared to deal with this “New World.”

Almost half of the group did not survive that winter."

You know what prepare means. This means that

unprepared MOST likely means

• all set

• is able

• not ready

• not willing