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A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development

WORDS WITH AFFIXES - PREFIXES

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Dear Learner, Good day learner? How are you today? In the previous module you’ve learned about words. In this module you will learn how to decode words with prefixes. This module will help you form new words by adding the right or appropriate prefixes. One way of expanding one’s vocabulary is through the use of prefixes. Below are the most common prefixes un-, in-, dis-, im-, and ir-, and are often used to mean “opposite of” or “not”. Use these prefixes to complete the thought of the second sentence by supplying the correct word with the correct prefix. The italicized expressions are clues.

1. The princess couldn’t decide who to marry. She’s still __________________________________.

2. The prince was not attentive to the princess. The prince was ______________________________.

3. The curse was quite not possible to solve. It seemed ________________________________.

4. The queen did not seem to agree with her daughter’s plan. She wanted to _____________________ but could not stop her.

5. The prince was not able to satisfy the second witch. The second witch was _____________________.

To the Learner

Let’s Try This

Let’s Learn This

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• Are you done? • Are all of your answers like these?

1. undecided 2. inattentive 3. impossible 4. disagree 5. unsatisfied

• Don’t worry, the preceding activity will help you understand prefixes.

Read the story. Answer the questions that follow.

Let’s Study This

It was Benny’s twelfth birthday and the family

was preparing a big celebration for him. While

waiting for the guests to arrive, Benny went to the

park to try out his new bicycle. While there he met

misfortune. Another bicycle bumped him at the rear

and Benny was thrown out of his seat right into the

path of a speeding tricycle. Luckily the park

administrator had taken precautions for such

incidents. An announcement was made through the

microphone and the first-aid attendants came to

take him to the first-aid station. We found him

waiting for us at the anteroom whiling away his time

with the microscope. Benny’s injuries were not

serious and the birthday celebration did not have to

be postponed.

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1. Who was celebrating his twelfth birthday?

2. What happened to him when he tried out his new bicycle?

3. How did the park administrator take precautions for such incidents?

Read the italicized words taken from the paragraph.

bicycle tricycle microphone microscope

misfortune precautions anteroom • What are placed before each word?

bi, mis, tri, pre, micro, ante • What does each syllable mean?

• What do you call these syllables

Note further that these syllables come at the beginning of the base word. You probably know by this time that these syllables are prefixes. As you can see from the examples given, you can form new words through the use of prefixes. You can also get the meaning of a word when you know the meaning of the prefix and the base word is familiar to you.

The most common prefixes un-, in-, dis-, im-, and ir- are often

used to mean “opposite of” or “not”. Look at the examples.

impatient discomfort irresponsible unlike illogical immature illegal disalign

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A. Study the table below. It gives you examples of three of the most affixe, number, quantity, and time.

Prefix Meaning Example

Number

mono bi tri multi poly

one two three many many

monograph bipeds triangle multipurpose polychrome

Quantity

super mega macro micro mini

great huge whole, big tiny small

superstar megamall macroeconomics microorganism minigrocery

Time

ante pre post ex retro

before before after former back

anteroom prewar posttest ex-mayor retroactive

Prefix Meanings A. Directions: Match each word with its meaning. Write the number

of the word by its meaning.

1. increase ________ become larger

2. decrease ________ become smaller

3. indirect ________ direct again

4. redirect ________ not direct

5. inflate _________ to let out air

6. deflate _________ to blow air into

Let’s Do This

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B. Directions: Use the words above to complete the sentences.

1. When I ______________________ the tire, it will be flat.

2. To make more soup, ______________________ the amount of water.

3. Nick took an ______________________ route to school.

4. If you are lost, a police officer can ______________________ you.

5. Here are twenty balloons to _______________________ for the party.

6. The price of shirts will ______________________ during the big sale.

• Are you done?

• Look at the Answer Key to check your answers.

• Do not worry we will have more exercises to do.

Let’s Do More

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7. 1.

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2. 6.

3.

5.

4.

incorrect

ashore

unclear

renew

prepay

imperfect

dislike

mistreat

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Directions: Match the words in the word box with their definitions below. Write them in the correct places in the puzzle.

Across Down 1. pay before 5. not like

2. treat wrongly 6. not perfect

3. not correct 7. make new again

4. not clear 8. on shore

• Did you find it easy answering the puzzle?

• Look at the Answer Key again to check your

answers.

• Write your score inside the big flower.

• A prefix is a syllable or syllables placed at the

beginning of a base word.

• A base word is a word that can stand on its own. It cannot be divided into smaller parts and still retain its meaning.

• The meaning of a word can be figured out by putting together the meaning of its prefix and the base word.

Let’s Remember This

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Missing Prefixes Directions: Read the story. Use the prefixes in the word box to write the missing prefixes.

As usual, the Little Prince of Mars sat in front of his big-screen

vision. “This life is very interesting,” he thought. Just

then, he heard a knock at the door, a messenger handed him a

gram. “There must be some take,” said the Little Prince. But

when he opened the envelope, he was surprised. The happy

frown on his face appeared. He was going on a trip to the

stars! The Little Prince was certain what to pack. He dashed

for his scope and magic crystal kit. He packed and

packed his star travel bag until everything fit. Someday he would

turn to his own planet, but until then, he was ready for an

adventure in the stars.

Let’s Test Ourselves

STAR TRIP

un tele dis re mis

1 2

3

4

5

6

7

8 9

10

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• Are you done? Look at the Answer Key again to check your answers.

• If your score is 8-10, Excellent, proceed directly to the next module.

• If your score is 6-7, That’s Good, answer “Let’s Enrich Ourselves.”

• If your score is 5 and below, review the whole module.

Prefix Crossword

Let’s Enrich Ourselves

1. 5. 6.

2.

7.

3. 8.

4.

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A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word that changes its meaning. Directions: Match the words in the word box with their definitions below. Write them in the correct places in the puzzle. Across Down

1. not usual 5. not making sense

2. fill again 6. not certain

3. middle of the night 7. count wrongly

4. set again 8. take away frost

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Let’s Do This Let’s Do More A. 1. prepay 1. 1 become larger 2. mistreat 2. 2 become smaller 3. incorrect 3. 4 direct again 4. unclear 4. 3 not direct 5. dislike 5. 6 to let out air 6. imperfect 6. 5 to blow air into 7. renew B. 8. ashore 1. deflate 2. increase Let’s Test Ourselves 3. indirect 4. redirect 1. tele 5. inflate 2. un 6. decrease 3. tele 4. mis Let’s Enrich Ourselves 5. un 6. dis 1. unusual 7. un 2. refill 8. tele 3. midnight 9. re 4. reset 10. re 5. nonsense 6. uncertain 7. miscount 8. defrost

Answer Key