Prefixes

What is a prefix?

• A group of letters placed at the end of the root word to change the meaning

• A group of letters placed at the beginning of a root wood to change its meaning

• a root word

• a word that means the opposite of

The prefix un- means

• not or the opposite of

• in the middle

• do again

• do before

• not or wrong

What does the prefix re mean?

• not of opposite of

• do again

• in the middle

• do before

• not or wrong

What does the prefix mis mean?

• not or opposite of

• do again

• in the middle

• not or wrong

• do again

What does the prefix pre mean?

• not or opposite of

• to do before

• do again

• in the middle

• not or wrong

Select ALL of the root words that could have the suffix re- added to it.

• play

• do

• agree

• read

• day

Select ALL of the words that could have the prefix un added to it.

• play

• answered

• do

• opened

• night

Select the word that best fits into the sentence.

Before I bake the cake I need to _______________ the oven.

• replay

• preview

• preheat

• unable

Select the word that best fits into the sentence.

I did not read my book carefully. I have to _________________ it before I take the quiz.

• unhappy

• midweek

• reread

• remake

Which word means that I did not understand something correctly?

• ununderstood

• reunderstood

• misunderstood

• preunderstood