jueves, 17 de diciembre de 2009

Prefixes

The prefixes are short words that are placed before a word, for indicate to this a different meaning.

Commonly are: a, il, ir, dis, in, im, my, etc ...There is no grammatical rule for placing these prefixes before a word, all you have to do is memorize the words.

For Example:

Happy - Unhappy (japi - onjapi) (happy - unhappy.) Legal - illegal (ligl - iligal) (legal - illegal.) Able - unable (Eibl - oneibl) (able - unable).


Match prefixes on the left to their meanings on the right.
_____ Re- (renew)--------------------------------------------1) wrong, bad
_____ Pre- (preview)-----------------------------------------2) before
_____ Mis- (misbehave)--------------------------------------3) again, back

_____ De- (deforestation)------------------------------------4) eight
_____ Tele- (television)--------------------------------------5) one, same, whole
_____ Un- (unhappy)----------------------------------------6) remove or reduce
_____ Bi- (biweekly)-----------------------------------------7) twice, (two times)
_____ Uni- (uniform)----------------------------------------8) far, distant
_____ Octo- (octopus)---------------------------------------9) many, (usually more than two)
_____ Sub- (subway)---------------------------------------10) under or low
_____ Multi- (multiple)-------------------------------------11) not

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