49. Prefixes

1. They’ll premix the concrete under the scaffold and take it up to the staging in a hurry.
2. They were planners so they preplanned the event from start to end down to the last detail.
3. He’s going to prerecord the music for Jane’s wedding to make sure there are no mistakes in the program.

1. They unpacked the car but they couldn’t get things back in again.
2. The workforce for the valve industry were so disgruntled that they collectively went on a “work to rule” job action.
3. Detach the lock from the frame so it can be fixed.
4. Reinforce the stitching so it does not fall apart.
5. Unclench your fist so you can hold the pencil correctly.

1. Each child gets to pick the program one day a week, and it saves arguments over the tv.
2. I’ve passed that place hundreds of times, but it’s so nondescript that I didn’t notice it.
3. He’s a non-drinker, but Robert can party and dance just as hard or harder because he doesn’t drink.
4. If you get the chance, you should try the non-alcoholic beer, it’s not that bad.

1. An adverb can describe a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
2. Glenda and Athena contemplated their relocation for twelve weeks before accepting their work contracts.
3. The corrosion on the car was so extensive that they decided to just scrap the car.
4. Collecting payments was not an enjoyable occupation.
5. The noise from the concrete mixer combined with the extremely dusty construction site made living in the apartment horrid.
6. They inserted the tinfoil into the explosive and stopped the attack just in time.
7. Wendy and Mitch confirmed that they had not informed their instructor that they would miss the third week of the term in time.
8. They lost some marks for this incomplete work.
9. Informers are people who tell insiders that something bad will happen.
10. You need to get instructions on the best way to imbed text and photos into the same page.
11. The world revolves around the basis of supply and demand.
12. Reading gets better when you can understand the meanings of suffixes and prefixes and how they can change words.
13. More and more these days, people are subscribing to Netflix or plugging in android boxes and getting rid of their cable TV subscriptions.

Review Words

What Says?

Spelling and Sentence Dictation

Review

Prefix pre – /prē/ – means ‘before’

Prefix de – /dē/ – means ‘do the opposite’ or ‘out of’

Prefix dis – /dĭs/ – means ‘not’ or ‘apart from’

Prefix un – /ŭn/ – means ‘not’

Prefix non – /nŏn/ – means ‘non’

Prefix pro – /prō/ – means ‘before’, ‘forward’, or ‘for’

Chameleon prefix ad; ab – says /ăd/ /ăb/ and means ‘to, or toward’

Chameleon prefix com; con; cor; col – says /kom/ /kon/ kor/ /kol/and means ‘together’.

Chameleon prefix in; im; il; ir – says /ĭn/, /ĭm/, /ĭl/, /ĭr/ and means not or into.

Chameleon prefix sub; suc; suf; sup; sus – says /sŭb/, /sŭc/, /sŭf/, /sŭp/, /sŭs/ and means ‘under’, or ‘below’.

Practice

1. Add the suffix for ‘in the ‘past’.
   

   disentangle_____	disgrace_____
   deplete_____	retract_____

2. Add the suffix for ‘happening now’.
   

   deduct_____	inject_____
   subtract_____	grip_____

3. What type of syllable? Place a checkmark in the correct column.
   

   Syllable	Closed	Open	VCe	R-Controlled	Vowel Team	Cle
   su
   perb
   con
   clude
   de
   tect
   strug
   gle
   dis
   place
   rain
   fret
   sta
   ble

4. Complete the following spellings
   

   _____riss	_____cross	_____an
   _____er	frea_____y	spe_____s

5. Use the Rabbit rule and the Cle syllable type to complete each word
   

   gig_____	pud_____	wig_____
   mud_____	rid_____

6. ge or dge?
   splur_____	pa_____
   we_____	ba_____