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NAME _____________________________________________
DATE ____________
Prefixes non-, en-, multi-, post-, trans-
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nonfiction
enrage
multicolored
postdate
transcontinental
nonstop
endanger
multipurpose
postscript
transplant
A PREFIX IS A WORD PART THAT IS ADDED TO THE BEGINNING OF A WORD.
A PREFIX CHANGES THE MEANING OF THE WORD.
non- means “not”
multi- means “many”
trans- means “across”
en- means “to cause”
post- means “after”
Nonfiction
books are about
When you travel nonstop, you don’t stop along the way.
real people and
If you make someone really angry, you enrage that person.
events.
By putting someone in harm’s way, you endanger that person.
Something multicolored has many colors. / A multipurpose tool has many uses.
If you postdate something, you give a date later than the true date.
A postscript is added to the end of a letter after the signature.
Transcontinental means “across the continent.”
When you transplant something, you move it from one place to another.
A. Add the correct prefix to
each word to form a new
word. Use the meaning clue
in parentheses to help you.
1. (to cause) _____________ rage
2. (not) _____________ stop
B. Write the correct word to
complete each sentence. Use
the picture clues to help you.
1.
2.
3. (after) _____________ date
4. (many) _____________ purpose
3.
I am ______________ .
We are ____________ .
They will _________ me.
5. (across) ___________ continental
6. (after) _____________ script
4.
I can ___________ you.
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NAME _____________________________________________
DATE ____________
Prefixes non-, en-, multi-, post-, transnonfiction
enrage
multicolored
postdate
transcontinental
nonstop
endanger
multipurpose
postscript
transplant
A. Use what you know. Write the best word to complete each sentence.
1. The initials P.S. at the end of a letter stand for ________________ .
2. The gardener will ________________ these flowers in the spring.
3. Dad wanted a ________________ vehicle to fill all the needs of his business.
4. Look in the ________________ section of the library for an encyclopedia.
5. Don’t tease the bull, or you will ________________ him.
6. Mrs. Field wore a ________________ dress to the wedding.
7. The ambulance drove ________________ to the hospital.
8. The newspaper is printed at night so they _____________ it for the next day.
9. We took a ________________ car trip across the country last summer.
10. The hole in that railing on the bridge could __________________ many lives.
B. Read each question. Choose the best answers.
1. Which one is a biography?
2. Which one can you transplant?
3. Which one is multicolored?
4. Which one has a postscript?
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fiction
heart
flour
postcard
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nonfiction
health
flower
playing cards
Writing to Lear n
Explain how a prefix changes the meaning of a word. Use at least two
vocabulary words as examples.
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NAME _____________________________________________
DATE ____________
Prefixes non-, en-, multi-, post-, transHere’s a challenge for you. Write at least four words that begin with
each prefix. Use one of the words from each group in a sentence.
1. multi- ________________
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2. post-
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3. trans- ________________
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________________
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4. en-
________________
________________
________________________________________
________________
________________________________________
________________
5. non-
________________
________________
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