Exploring Essential Prefixes for Vocabulary Expansion

What is a prefix?

• A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word

• A new word formed from two existing words

• A base or root word

• A standalone word

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

What does the prefix 'un-' generally signify?

• Before

• Not or opposite

• Again

• Wrongly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does 'unwrap' mean?

• To cover something completely

• To make something appear

• To view something

• To remove the cover completely

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

What does the prefix 're-' generally signify?

• Again or back

• Before

• Not or opposite

• Wrongly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3B

What does 'refill' mean?

• To fill for the first time

• To empty again

• To fill again

• To never fill

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

What does the prefix 'pre-' generally signify?

• Wrongly

• Not or opposite

• Before

• Again

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does 'preheat' mean?

• To never heat

• To heat beforehand

• To heat for the first time

• To cool down

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

What does the prefix 'mis-' generally signify?

• Wrongly

• Not or opposite

• Before

• Again

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does 'misplace' mean?

• To place correctly

• To place wrongly

• To place for the first time

• To never place

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

Why is understanding prefixes important?

• To create new sentences

• To understand and expand vocabulary

• To confuse the meanings

• To make sentences longer

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A