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Lesson 4
Prefixes and base words
| re | + | search | = |
research |
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dis | + | courage | = |
discourage |
| re | + | condition | = |
recondition |
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dis | + | prove | = |
disprove |
| re | + | fuel | = |
refuel |
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dis | + | ability | = |
disability |
| re | + | vision | = |
revision |
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dis | + | agreement | = |
disagreement |
| re | + | elect | = |
reelect |
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dis | + | advantage | = |
disadvantage |
| re | + | surface | = |
resurface |
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dis | + | regard | = |
disregard |
| pre | + | caution | = |
precaution |
| pre | + | arrange | = |
prearrange |
| pre | + | diction | = |
prediction |
| pre | + | mature | = |
premature |
| pre | + | face | = |
preface |
| pre | + | school | = |
preschool |
| TERMS TO
KNOW: A prefix is a group of letters added to the
beginning of a word to make a word with a different meaning. |
| 1. | Is each prefix in the first column
added to a complete word?
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| 2. | What are the three prefixes that are added?
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| 3. | Are the meanings of the words with
prefixes added different from the meanings of the base word?
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| 4. | When each prefix is added to a word,
does the spelling of the prefix change?
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Does the spelling of the base word change? _________ |
| Lesson Generalization
A prefix can be added directly to a complete word to make a new word. No change is made
in the prefix. No change is made in the base word. |
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