Understanding Re- Prefix Words

The video lesson explains the prefix 're' and how it changes the meaning of root words. Examples include reheat, review, repaint, and reuse, each meaning to do the action again. The lesson includes an exercise where students match words with sentences and concludes with definitions of the words discussed.

What is the main function of the prefix 're' when added to a word?

• To make a word negative

• To indicate a future action

• To repeat an action

• To describe an action in the past

Which of the following words means 'to heat again'?

• Repaint

• Review

• Reheat

• Reuse

What does the word 'review' mean?

• To paint again

• To use again

• To view again

• To heat again

If you 'repaint' a wall, what are you doing?

• Viewing it again

• Painting it for the first time

• Painting it again

• Using it again

What does 'reuse' imply?

• To use something again

• To use something for the first time

• To paint something again

• To view something again

In the sentence 'She had to ___ the math problem,' which word fits best?

• Repaint

• Redo

• Review

• Reheat

Which word would you use to describe reading a story again?

• Rewrite

• Reread

• Repaint

• Reuse

If you 'retell' a story, what are you doing?

• Telling it for the first time

• Telling it again

• Reading it again

• Writing it again

What action does 'rewrite' suggest?

• To write something for the first time

• To write something again

• To read something again

• To view something again

Which word means 'to view or look at something again'?

• Repaint

• Redo

• Review

• Reheat