57. Word Lists and Sentences

List 1
Add pre- to these words.
_____fix _____check
_____bill _____clude
_____cede _____dict
_____tend _____empt
_____sent _____fab
_____order _____lude
  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.
List 2
Add prefix de- to these words.
_____caf _____part
_____compose _____compress
_____ice _____cant
Add prefix dis- to these words.
_____tract _____close
_____arm _____card
_____band _____content
Add prefix re- to these words.
_____post _____claim
_____verse _____warm
_____word _____brand
Add prefix un- to these words.
_____tie _____stick
_____chain _____clip
_____safe _____kind
  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.
List 3
Add prefix non- to these words.
_____destructive _____breeder
_____caking _____class
_____cling _____combat
Add prefix pro- to these words.
_____tract _____ceed
_____fane _____fess
_____file _____content
  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.
List 4
Add chameleon prefix ac- to these words.
_____tivate _____cent
_____rid _____ronym
Add chameleon prefix ad- to these words.
_____vise _____vance
_____mit _____man
_____vent _____vice
Add chameleon prefix com- to these words.
_____pete _____bine
_____plete _____press
_____plain _____mend
Add chameleon prefix con- to these words.
_____duct _____firm
_____strain _____tent
_____strict _____tent
Add chameleon prefix cor- to these words.
_____rect _____relate
_____roded _____responding
_____ruptly _____rects
Add chameleon prefix im- to these words.
_____pass _____plode
_____plore _____press
_____mense _____pede
Add chameleon prefix in- to these words.
_____duct _____still
_____tense _____tent
_____struction _____tend
Add chameleon prefix ir- to these words.
_____responsive
Add chameleon prefix il- to these words.
_____lude _____lusive
Add chameleon prefix sub- to these words.
_____contract _____group
_____ject _____merge
_____sist
Add chameleon prefix sus- to these words.
_____pense _____tain
_____penders _____pect
_____pecting
  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. They lost some marks for this incomplete work.
  8. Informers are people who tell insiders that something bad will happen.
  9. You need to get instruction on the best way to imbed text and photos into the same page.
  10. The world revolves around the basis of supply and demand.
  11. Reading gets better when you can understand the meanings of suffixes and prefixes and how they can change words.
  12. More and more these days, people are subscribing to Netflix and getting rid of their cable TV subscriptions.

Review Words

presented revealed
backroads unstoppable
gloating presentation
vie boaster
precast gritty
unseemly recharged
disuse prepaid
unreachable unfit
distract disclaimer
reject destruction

What Says?

1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Spelling and Sentence Dictation

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5. 10.
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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_____
    dot_____
  2. Add the suffix for ‘happening now’.
    deduct_____ inject_____
    subtract_____ grip_____
    explain_____
  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
    Ch or tch?
    pi_____ed rema______ pea_____
    c, k, or ck?
    _____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_____

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