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Sub-Prefix Cloze Passage

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Sub-Prefix Cloze Passage

Sub-Prefix Cloze Passage

Submarine underwater illustration

🚢 Part 1: Understanding the Sub- Prefix

1. The prefix "sub-" means "under", "below", or "beneath". Read the word bank and complete the cloze passage below.

Word Bank: submarine, subway, submerge, substitute, subtract, suburb, subsoil, subdivide

📖 Part 2: Cloze Passage - The Underground Adventure

Last week, our class went on an amazing field trip to explore different places that exist "below" or "under" ground level. First, we took the _____________ train that travels beneath the city streets. Our teacher, Mrs. Johnson, couldn't come with us, so we had a _____________ teacher named Mr. Brown.

At the marine centre, we learned about a special _____________ that can travel deep under the ocean. The guide explained how these vessels can _____________ completely underwater and explore the ocean floor. We watched a video showing how the submarine would slowly _____________ beneath the waves until it disappeared from sight.

Next, we visited a farm where we learned about soil layers. The farmer showed us the topsoil and then dug deeper to reveal the _____________ underneath. He explained how plant roots grow down into these lower layers of earth.

On our way home, we drove through a quiet _____________ located just outside the main city centre. Our bus driver had to _____________ our large group into two smaller groups because one bus wasn't big enough for everyone.

Finally, our maths teacher gave us a problem: if we started with 50 students and had to _____________ the 8 students who went home early, how many students completed the full trip?

✏️ Part 3: Comprehension Questions

2. What does the prefix "sub-" mean?
3. Name three places or things from the passage that are located "under" or "below" something else:
4. Circle the correct answer: Which vehicle travels under the ocean?

Subway train

Submarine

Bus

Aeroplane

🧮 Part 4: Word Work

5. Create your own sentences using these "sub-" words:

subzero: ________________________________________________

subway: ________________________________________________

submerge: ________________________________________________

6. Match each "sub-" word with its correct meaning:
1. Subtract
2. Suburb
3. Substitute
4. Subdivide
A. To split into smaller parts
B. A replacement person or thing
C. To take away from a number
D. An area outside the main city
7. Solve the maths problem from the passage: 50 - 8 = _______

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