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Lesson 12
Prepositional prefixes
| intermission | perennial |
| interview | percolate |
| interstate | perforated |
| interpreter | perpetual |
| interception | perseverance |
| interrupt |
| international | abdicate |
| | absence |
| paramedic | destruction |
| parallel | deprived |
| paraphrase | depleted |
TERMS TO
KNOW: pre (before) + position = preposition
A preposition is a word that is positioned before its object to show the relationship between the object and another word in the sentence: between, through, beside, from.
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The prefix inter means "between." What word refers to events that occur between nations? ____________________________ |
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The prefix para means "beside." What word refers to a person who is not a doctor but who works alongside or assists medical people? ____________________________ |
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The prefix per means "through." What word refers to a flower that blooms throughout many years? ____________________________ |
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What two prefixes mean "from"? __________ __________ |
| Lesson Generalization
Prefixes often have the meaning of prepositions. |
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