Understanding the Prefix 'Re'

The video tutorial introduces the prefix 're', explaining that it means 'again' and is used to modify the meaning of words. The instructor provides examples such as 'repeat', 'recycle', 'remember', 'retell', 'return', 'rewrite', and 'replace', illustrating how 're' changes the meaning of these words. Additionally, the video clarifies that not all words starting with 're' have it as a prefix, using 'rest' and 'rent' as examples. The tutorial concludes with a call for viewers to share their own examples in the comments.

What does the prefix 're' generally mean when added to a word?

• To stop doing something

• To do something for the first time

• To do something again

• To do something differently

What is a prefix?

• A word that comes at the end of another word

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

• A word that stands alone

• A group of letters added to the middle of a word

What does the word 'repeat' mean?

• To say something differently

• To say something again

• To say something for the first time

• To say something quietly

What does 'recycle' mean?

• To throw something away

• To use something again

• To create something new

• To destroy something

What does 'remember' mean?

• To ignore something

• To learn something new

• To think of something again

• To forget something

What does 'retail' mean in the context of the prefix 're'?

• To buy something

• To forget something

• To sell something

• To tell something again

What does 'return' mean?

• To stay in one place

• To leave permanently

• To come back

• To go somewhere new

What does 'rewrite' mean?

• To write something for the first time

• To write something again

• To write something incorrectly

• To write something differently

What does 'replace' mean?

• To break something

• To put something back

• To lose something

• To remove something permanently

Which of the following words does not have 're' as a prefix?

• Rest

• Rewrite

• Repeat

• Recycle