Prefixes Drill Practice

Anti-

Examples: antibiotic, anticlimax

• Against

• Not

• Small

• Opposite

Auto-

Examples: autograph, autobiography

• Again

• Middle

• Self

• Far, distant

Bi-

Examples: bicycle, binocular

• Above, beyond

• Before

• Three

• Two

De-

Example: devalue, dehumidify

• Not

• Opposite

• Eight

• Under

Dis-

Example, Detach, Deploy

• Not, opposite of

• Far

• Above

• Two

En-, em-

Example: Empower, entangle

• Wrongly

• Not, opposite of

• Cause to

• Across

Fore-

Example: Forecast, Foresee

• Self

• Many, much

• Middle

• Before, front of

In-, Im-, il-, ir-

Example: Impossible, Innocent

• Four

• Not

• Above

• Before

Inter-

Example: International, interject

• Again

• Many

• Between, among

• Half, partly, not fully

Micro-

Example: Microscope, Microwave

• Small

• Cause to

• One

• Against