Vocabulary
What do the prefixes non and re mean?
Goal:
Goal:
Today, we are going to take a
look at two prefixes. Do you know what prefixes are? They are a part of a
word that comes in front of the root and changes its meaning.
We will be looking at the prefixes "non" and "re."
non means no, not,
or without
example: nonsense - without sense
re means again, back, or backward
example: rebuild - to build again
Let’s see if you can match the
correct prefix to each root word below.
Correct!
The correct prefix is re-
because he had to read it again.
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He had to go back and read the
paragraph.
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| non re |
Correct!
The correct prefix is non-
because it was not fiction.
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She enjoys reading fiction books
to learn more about birds.
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| non re |
Correct!
The correct prefix is re-
because she had to write it again.
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Because her writing was messy, she had to write her letter.
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| non re |
Correct!
The correct prefix is re-
because the books had to go back.
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I had to turn my library
books when I was done with them.
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| non re |
Correct!
The correct prefix is non-
because he didn’t stop moving.
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The little boy was moving stop because he
had so much energy.
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| non re |
Correct!
The correct prefix is non-
because you couldn’t get a refund for the tickets.
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The tickets were refundable so
we couldn’t get our money back.
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| non re |
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