DETERMINING MEANING: 1 PREFIXES (Pre- Mid- Post-) PRACTICE

A word part added to beginning of a base word to change the meaning of that word,

• prefix

• base word

• suffix

Prefix that means "before"

• pre-

• mid-

• post-

Prefix that means "middle"

• pre-

• mid-

• post-

Prefix that means "after"

• pre-

• mid-

• post-

A word that means it has been added to a movie after it has been filmed.

• pre-production

• mid-production

• post-production

The baseball player caught the ball while it was still flying through the air. He caught it _____,

• pre-air

• mid-air

• post-air

The dogs howled at the moon at _____.

• midnight

• prenight

• postnight

We will need to _____ skate night due to bad weather.

• pre-pone

• mid-pone

• post-pone

The dinosaur was the biggest _____ animal. (the time before recorded history)

• pre-historic

• mid-historic

• post-historic

The dogs howled at the moon at _____. (middle of the night; 12 o'clock)

• midnight

• prenight

• postnight