Prefixes

Define the word illiterate.

• not able to read

• force

• can't run

• strange

Fill in the blank with the correct prefix: They were arguing because of a ____________.

• Miscommunication

• Uncommunication

• incommunication

• discommunication

After falling off the porch, the elderly man became immobile. What is the meaning of immobile?

• not falling

• unable to move

• unlikely to happen

• moving freely

Granite is inflexible, whereas, limestone crumbles easily.

• not easily moved

• not fixed

• unable to be bent

• unwilling to change

Fill in the blank with the correct prefix for the root word: Janice's furious glare showed that her apology was ____________.

• unsincere

• dissincere

• imsincere

• insincere

Define the word untidy.

• not cluttered

• not chaotic

• not mixed up

• not organized

What does the word impolite mean in the sentence below?

Brad was in a rush, but he did not mean to be impolite.

• rude

• mean

• gloomy

• aggressive

not able to do something

• illiterate

• disconnect

• incapable

• illogical

Which word means "to fail to understand someone or something correctly"?

• disagree

• misunderstand

• informal

• unavailable

Maria wanted to stay after school to get help with her math homework, but her teacher had a dentist appointment and was ____________ to meet with her.

• Unnoticed

• uninformed

• Unavailable

• Unreliable