Name
Date
LESSON
3
RETEACHING WORKSHEET
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Prefixes: Space, Direction, and
Time
Review A prefix is a word part that appears at the beginning of a base word or
root to form a new word. A space or direction prefix shows physical position or
movement. A time prefix shows a chronological relationship.
1.
(ab- / ad- / ante-) room
2.
(com- / ex- / extra-) pact
3.
(in- / ab- / fore-) man
4.
(re- / trans- / super-) press
5.
(ad- / ex- / im-) plant
6.
(im- / pre- / trans-) date
7.
(extra- / pro- / sub-) sensory
8.
(ante- / e- / fore-) merge
9.
(ab- / im- / ex-) boxer
10.
(ex- / in- / re-) pay
11.
(ante- / fore- / sub-) contract
12.
(co- / e- / trans-) act
Standards Lesson Files
A. put
in
B. come out
C. area or room before
D. give money back to
E. hold back
F. former prizefighter
G. beyond ordinary senses
H. firmly packed together
I. carry through or do
J. agreement towork under another contract
K. person at the front or in the lead
L. put an earlier time on
Vocabulary 3
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Directions: Circle the correct prefix to complete each numbered base word or root to
form a new word. Find its lettered definition. Write the letter in the blank.
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Vocabulary 3
Answer Key: Reteaching Worksheet
1. anteroom; C
2. compact; H
3. foreman; K
4. repress; E
5. implant: A
6. predate; L
7. extrasensory; G
8. emerge; B
9. ex-boxer; F
10. repay; D
11. subcontract; J
12. transact; I
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