Prefix Word Builders

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📚 Part 1: Quick Checks

1. What does the prefix re- usually mean?

again

not / without

before

wrong / bad

2. Which word below uses dis- to show "not" or "opposite of"?

dishonest

discover

display

request

3. Choose the meaning of the prefix pre-.

before

again

not

wrong

4. Match each prefix to its best meaning. Draw a line between the columns.

un-

re-

mis-

pre-

dis-

wrong; badly

again

not

before

apart; not (opposite)

5. Add a prefix (un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis-) to each root to make a real word. Then break the word into prefix + root and write its meaning.

a) ______ + view = ____________ — Prefix + root: __________ — Meaning: _________________________

b) ______ + write = ____________ — Prefix + root: __________ — Meaning: _________________________

6. Create one sentence using any new prefixed word you formed above.

7. Exit ticket: Write one question you still have about prefixes or one thing you'd like to practice more.